Bug#979807: Bug#979400: RFS: drs/5.0.5-1 [ITP] -- DRS4 Evaluation Board software

[Gürkan Myczko <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch>]

On 01.06.2021 13:19, Tobias Frost wrote:
> Hi Gürkan,
>
> On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 01:05:49PM +0200, Gürkan Myczko wrote:
> > Hi Tobias,
> >
> > > this seems to be a quite specific software for some quite specific
> > > evaluation
> > > board…
> >
> > Indeed the software is only useful with this hardware:
> > https://www.radec.ch/shop
> >
> > > It seems a bit out-of-scope for Debian to carry such specialized
> > > software?
> >
> > I would disagree, if people can buy the device, and just install the
> > software with apt, it's a win. I have several users with several 
> > computers
> > and
> > such boards. They are glad to use apt.
> >
> > > I might be really wrong, so maybe elaborate a bit why you think this
> > > software
> > > should be in Debian?
> >
> > Debian is the universal OS? But if you think low number of users of 
> > hardware
> > specific software should rule out such software, maybe
> > https://packages.debian.org/callisto
> > should be removed as well?
>
> Well, this is not about callisto. So no need to pull this strawman.

Ack.

> In Debian we do not (and cannot) package every piece of software, this 
> is not
> the defintiion of "universal operating system". It should have some 
> relevance
> though, as every package has some cost to the project (not monetary, 
> but e.g
> people need to look at thpower)

The power as in maintaining the software source package? Or the power to 
run
buildds using resources to build the binaries? Or both or something 
else?
That is true, and I'm willing to the software source debian packaging 
part.

> If you say, it has relevance, then this is sufficient for me.
>
> The question if something is relevant is not unusual in Debian to ask.

Then I do. Oh and no problem to question if packaging something is 
relevant or not.

> --
> tobi