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Re: aragorn (Was: Python package review)



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On 02/11/2013 10:52 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Sascha,

Hi Andreas,

> I'm a bit in a hurry so I pick the easier part of your mail first
> and come back later to Genometools.

Thanks! Remember, it's only the Python part -- I'm confortable with
the rest.

[...]
>> P.S. On a side note, I am also preparing a package for a GPL2
>> program called aragorn (not ITP'ed yet). Since this is my first
>> package of which I am not the upstream author, I wonder if it's
>> good style to contact him and ask whether he still maintains the
>> source? The date on the web site indicates he does.
> In general it is considered nice to contact the author and I would 
> recommend doing so.  I would also recommend the author to apply the
> two patches you created for the package.  I guess he will be happy
> about this enhancement.  It could make sense to recommend bundling
> the single source file into a compressed tarball - possibly by some
> added value of some documentation file.  This would safe you the
> extra get-orig-source target.

Okay, thank you. I will write up an email right now.

> Kind regards Andreas.

Best regards,
Sascha

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Sascha Steinbiss
Center for Bioinformatics
University of Hamburg
Bundesstr. 43
20146 Hamburg
Germany

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