On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 15:31 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 03:20:47PM +0200, Mickaël Canévet wrote: > > > > > > src/ - this seems to contain the real source of situs > > > > yep, and the only one Makefile > > > > > fftw/ - seems to be a convinience copy of fftw library - we > > > should make sure that for the package build the Debian > > > packaged library will be used > > > > I patched the Makefile to build and link towards with Debian fftw. > > Fine. > > > > bin/ - binary executables - something we do not really need > > > in the repository except if it is by chance contained > > > in the upstream tarball - but it would be better to advise > > > upstream not to include it > > > > > > > It's included in the upstream tarball. > > We might need to talk to the author anyway (see below). I'm tempted to > repack the upstream source in cause the author might insist in keeping > these because carrying an extra 3MB of non-usable stuff does not make > any sense. > > > > After having visited the situs homepage and trying to download the > > > source I ended up with some download page[3]. This seems to be the > > > first hurdle to discuss with upstream. I know that there might be > > > reasons for them to control the number of downloads but this on one hand > > > disables our tools to reasonably detect new version numbers on the other > > > hand a packaging for Debian means that the source tarball will be > > > available on a different place than theirs and we should at least > > > explain this fact to them to be friendly (even if their license is GPL > > > and would in principle enable us doing this). > > > > I have a direct link on the page providing the download, but I suppose > > the author does not want us to bypass his form page (even if the direct > > link might be index by google and friends). > > We need to tell the author that in case we upload the package to the > Debian mirrors anybody can download the source from there so we do open > a really large bypass for anybody. And as I said - we really want to > write a watch file to track new versions. Perhaps we could argue that > the author might get our popcon results for the package users as an > replacement for his own statistics. > > > > So what do you think about MoM to create a proper debian/ dir and > > > build a real Debian package? > > > > I just forgot to add the debian/ dir to my git repository, so it should > > be OK now. But I may need MoM at some point, but maybe after the summer > > when I'll be back from vacation and may have a few more time to follow > > the recommendation of a mentor :-) > > Fine. You are always welcome as well as your colleagues. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > -- > http://fam-tille.de > > Hi Andreas, I'd like to know what are (if there are) the rules to contact the upstream author to discuss about: - default linkage towards embedded libfftw, - presence of pre-compiled binaries and fftw sources in archives, - lack of direct url to watch for new version Should I write him in the name of the Debian Med Team, in my own name, or should I let a senior member of the team do it ? Thanks, Mickaël
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