Re: BioLinux
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, Charles Plessy wrote:
my last email exchange with them was two years ago and it left me with
the impression that they do not generate their binary Debian packages
from Debian source packages, but with some tool similar to
"checkinstall".
Well, I do not know checkinstall, but I had some conversation with
them as well and kept in mind that they are doing "something else"
than policy compliant packages. The only thing I remember is that
"I was not convinced by their method" - but this does not bring us
any bit foreward in cooperation.
Did you contact them recently?
No, I did not and I tried to give some reasons in my last mail.
IMHO it is better to show some interest by jost *doing* something
that might be attractive for them and start the contact once this
is done - or at leats there is some proof that we are honestly
interested. I just learned that this is a better entry point
into a discussion.
If yes, can you ask them
if they have source packages or not?
I would do so if we *really* start to build a package that is
available in their repository and we want to use it. Only
asking out of thin air sounds quite academic - feel free to prove
me wrong.
I had a look to their categories, and apparently the same package can be
in more than one. In the end, they look more like Debtags to me. It has
been a long time that I wonder if it will soon be necessary to split
med-bio, but I am still undecided.
You are perfectly right - DebTags seems like the tool of choice.
I'm also really undecided about a split - I just was gathering
opinions.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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