Re: ITP: qucs -- an integrated circuit simulator with a graphical user interface

2013/7/5 Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien@gmail.com>

Le 5 juil. 2013 11:58, "Andreas Tille" <tille@debian.org> a écrit :

>
> [Moved from debian-devel to debian-edu list - IMHO it belongs way more
> there. The history of this thread started here
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00108.html
> ]
>
> Hi José,
>
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 11:12:41AM +0200, José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez wrote:
> > 2013/7/5 Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>
> > > Thanks for bringing Debian Science up - otherwise I would have done
> > > this. Luis, Debian Science repositories (SVN or Git as you prefer) are
> > > writable for any DD so you can commit straight to it. The package is
> > > also mentioned in Debian Science task electronics - so it perfectly fits
> > > here. I'd strongly recommend using Debian Science Vcs for packaging
> > > because your work will show up on the Blends sentinel even before it is
> > > uploaded.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Andreas, I don't see it clear:
> > - For me qucs is education related more than science, so, I'd consider it
> > in debian-edu more than in debian-science

I use daily for my academic research. Edu or science fit.

> Well, there are a lot of packages that fit perfectly in both and it
> makes no sense to "fight" for one or the other. Regarding the Blends
> tasks it is very simple: We mention the package in both and are done.
>
> If you need to decide for a VCS to maintain your packaging I would also
> not mind at all if you would do it in Debian Edu area - the only problem
> is that Debian Edu has not (yet - I know this is work in progress)
> established a kulture to maintain educational relevant packages inside a
> common VCS. In other Blends this as proven to be a *very* helpful
> thing. I just would like you to step back from a two-men-qucs packaging
> team - we just have a working infrastructure in Debian Science that can
> perfectly hold the qucs packaging and if Debian Edu might have this at
> one day and you feel better in working there it's perfectly fine to
> move.
>
> > - I've been qucs maintainer for 8 years, and filled the needed itp to have
> > it again in the archive after a qt4 version looks to be working.
>
> That's great.

Great

>
> > - I don't like at all Adms in qucs, its compilation in most Debian
> > platforms is not very clear, and it looks more like a patch than a program

It is an external program commited as a convenience library. We could use the external program by using configure flags in order to get verilgo a.

I need verilog a and I will do the homework.

Ok, let's go then. You said in a previous email that you've already uploaded adms to mentors. I've checked it has been removed, maybe for the lack of a sponsor. Could you upload it again, so I could check it and sponsor it?

Regards.