Re: [DebianGIS] ready for gdal 1.3.1 in debain unstable
[Jon Saints]
> Could either Peter or Francisco upload debiangis gdal 1.3.1 to
> Debian unstable for us?
>
> Last I remember hearing on our list (correct me if I am wrong),
> Silke Reimer was looking for debianGIS support to maintain GDAL.
> Its really up to our group to keep this package alive.
Sorry for the long delay. I've been occupied with real life. :)
I am willing to sponsor packages, but not willing to take over the
maintenence. I've got too many other things going on, so I would do a
bad job if I tried to maintain more packages.
When sponsoring, I prefer being approached by the package maintainer
on IRC (pere on #geo/irc.oftc.net) with the URL to where the package
can be downloaded. This is a low-overhead solution to me, and I do
not accumulate a large backlog of request for sponsoring (as would
happen if I tried to gather sponsor request using email. :).
The packages should be lintian clean and tested in pbuilder or
similar, to make sure the dependencies are correct and obvious
problems are found. I primarily sponsor packages going into
debian/main, so if the package isn't acceptable for main, there is
normally no need to approach me.
Who is the new primary maintainer of gdal in debian? Group
maintenence is good, as it make it easier to get new people involved
in maintaining packages, but someone need to take responsibility for
coordinating the effort. Jon, is that you? Is the gdal source in the
Debian GIS cvs?
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