On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 02:31:35PM +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote: > Le 03/09/2013 11:52, Paul Wise a écrit : > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Vincent Danjean wrote: > > > >> Never mind. My current problem is that I have no idea which current > >> package to contact to ask for a inclusion. It is not important enough > >> to be included in packages such as util-linux and few (no?) system/devel > >> packages already have a dependency on ruby (ie adding the pagemap script > >> would add a dependency on ruby). > > > > I would suggest inclusion in util-linux is the way forward, possibly > > with a rewrite in C or whatever languages are accepted in util-linux. > > The rewrite in C will wait for a volunteer (it is not easy/convenient > to handle strings and it becomes a lot more difficult to improve/ > maintain) > For a rewrite in another script language (perl ? python ?), as the > primary author (Brice Videau) likes ruby a lot, I think it will also > have to wait for a volunteer. Note that it is not really difficult. > But it takes time, the current program "works" and it is not "fun" > for upstream author. > > So, I'm looking for a package that would accept this ruby script > (I will probably ask linux-util anyway if nobody has other suggestions) > and I will keep it in my perso repository until then. Don't kill yourself over this, if there's really nothing else that makes sense, you can just say that and re-dput :) We just want to ensure that the tradeoff is worth it, and needed :) > > Regards, > Vincent Cheers, Paul > > -- > Vincent Danjean GPG key ID 0x9D025E87 vdanjean@debian.org > GPG key fingerprint: FC95 08A6 854D DB48 4B9A 8A94 0BF7 7867 9D02 5E87 > Unofficial pkgs: http://moais.imag.fr/membres/vincent.danjean/deb.html > APT repo: deb http://people.debian.org/~vdanjean/debian unstable main > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: [🔎] 5225D6A7.3000705@free.fr">http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 5225D6A7.3000705@free.fr > -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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