Re: Still requesting sponsorship for daisy-player
Hi, Paul. I've been told that everyone is busy with the next Debian
release, and to be patient for a sponsor for my sonic library, which
helps TTS engines speed up speech. In the meantime, I'd be happy to
help test your package in Vinux, and I suspect Vinux users will
welcome your package.
Bill
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> wrote:
> Hi a11y list,
>
> Could someone please respond and tell me if I am not writing in vain
> here. If everybody is busy with the next Debian release, that is fine,
> but please tell me what to expect.
>
> The texts from my previous emails [1-3] still stand. I am looking for a
> review and upload of my package daisy-player which is a
> """
> command-line player for talking books based on the Digital Accessible
> Information System protocol (currently only version 2 is supported). It
> is comparable in functionality, features, and ease of use with
> commercial players, and has a simple user interface appropriate for
> Braille terminals.
> """
>
> The package is already maintained by the a11y group ;) as it is in the
> git repository of pkg-a11y [4]. In the last months I have worked with
> upstream to solve all issues I encountered regarding packaging for
> Debian, so I believe the source is in good shape for distribution. For
> what it's worth, I am Debian maintainer, so although I should first earn
> your trust it is possible for you to do only the initial sponsorship and
> let me upload newer versions and bug fixes myself. An upload to
> experimental would already be great (it eases the possibility for Ubuntu
> to incorporate the package in their next release).
>
> For your convenience, the packaging is also available on mentors.d.n
> (although the last change to the priority of the package is missing
> there) [5-7].
>
> Again, please give me some response; with kind regards
> Paul
>
> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/2010/09/msg00005.html
> [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/2010/11/msg00058.html
> [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/2010/12/msg00000.html
> [4] http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-a11y/daisy-player.git
> [5] URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/daisy-player
> [6] Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free
> [7] dget
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/daisy-player/daisy-player_5.4.1-1.dsc
>
>
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