Re: OpenCPN

[Pavel Kalian <pavel@kalian.cz>]

Hi…
I will probably be the upstream dev handling the issues, if there are any left. All I need to know is what the issues are…

Pavel


> On Mar 14, 2016, at 12:20, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini@faunalia.it> wrote:
> 
> Il 14/03/2016 16:18, Bas Couwenberg ha scritto:
>> On 2016-03-14 15:56, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>>> I think having OpenCPN[0] would be a good addition to Debian. Reading a
>>> related ticket[1] it is unclear to me what is the stumbling block
>>> (AFAICT, OPCN is now on wx3).
>>> Could anyone help understanding what is still needed?
>> 
>> It mostly needs someone to actively maintain the package in Debian.
>> Hamish did a lot of work on the packaging in the past, but he has since
>> disappeared.
>> 
>> The license issues in the upstream source are worrisome, and not
>> guaranteed to be addressed in the recent upstream release. The Debian
>> maintainer will have to deal with those issues in collaboration with
>> upstream.
> 
> Thanks Bas, I'm contacting the upstream devs about this.
> All the best.
> 
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