Re: Bug#514690: ITP: artha -- A handy off-line thesaurus based on WordNet

Hi Andreas,
Actually, I am new to packaging in Debian. I read the New Maintainer's guide and created 2 .deb packages (i386 & amd64). I have put them here @ SF.net for local download by general users, not in a proper apt repository. All the control files, rules, etc. are in my system, locally. They are not in any version controlled area. As per the Debian docs, I have filed a ITP bug. I encountered this site mentors.debian.net, where its says new packages needing sponsors are to be uploaded. Now, should I upload my packages there and get them sponsored first? Or should I first check in the control files in the location you pointed me to. If so, how will I get the credintials to login.

Thanks for your time.

Warm Regards

Sundaram

From: Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>
To: Sundaram <legends2k@yahoo.com>
Cc: Debian Developers <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>; 514690@bugs.debian.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:44:38 PM
Subject: Re: Bug#514690: ITP: artha -- A handy off-line thesaurus based on WordNet

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Sundaram wrote:

> Thanks for offering help. I guess I will package it today/tomorrow and will upload the packages to
> mentors.debian.net needing a "sponsor". I will keep you posted regarding the improvements.

Sponsoring your package is perfectly OK. You might consider putting the package under
team maintenance. WordNet is

Maintainer: Debian Science Team <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
DM-Upload-Allowed: yes
Uploaders: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/wordnet/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/debian-science/packages/wordnet/trunk/

If you have questions about this feel free to ask.

Kind regards

Andreas.

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