Re: duplicate work on ggplot2 ?
Hi Andreas,
Andreas Tille <andreas@fam-tille.de> schrieb :
> Hi Carlos,
>
> thanks for the clarification.
>
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 03:21:00PM -0500, Carlos Borroto wrote:
> > > So I totally fail to see why you are commiting to a compeeting
> > > repository without talking to the maintainer of r-cran-ggplot2.
> > > Please make sure you coordinate your work and discuss here on the
> > > list to enable me understanding what's going on.
This was my mistake - I have no idea, what went wrong. Nothing to
understand...
> > I packaged ggplot2 mainly to fulfill a dependency for another
> > package I was interesting in. I'll be happy if you decide to adopt
> > this package. I also think Debian Med Team might be ok if you
> > decide to migrate the package's repository to another Debian team
> > if you choose to do so.
>
> I think the question is not about the team because Ivo is working
> inside Debian Med as well (otherwise I would probably not have
> noticed.) As far as I know a r-cran team does not exist (which is a
> big shame in my opinion but that's a totally different topic.) The
> only possible change Ivo might be interested in changing the VCS from
> your Git repository to SVN (should I say "back to SVN" considering
> the trend statistics I recently posted?) Ivo, you as the person who
> presumably will do the largest amount of work on this package, should
> decide whether to use the existing Git repository or if you feel more
> comfortable with the work in SVN. In any case you should take over
> at least the currently existing packaging into SVN and keep the
> changelog history in the packaging.
If I'd take over, I would prefer svn. But I should have a look on the
git repository anyhow.
> > I started a new job since I did this work, and I now have much less
> > time. In any case I'll try soon to check if I can update all of my R
> > package.
>
> It would be nice if you would keep us updated. We created the team to
> create a safety net for people who might change their focus - but it
> is good to know when there is a need for the net.
Regards,
Ivo
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