Re: Debian package bcftools

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Excellent, please
 * get an account on salsa.debian.org and request membership with the
med-team
 * find a tutorial on how git works, not to know everything but so you
can distinguish branches from tags
 * have a Debian machine (or a cloud/docker instance) with Debian
unstable so you can install build dependencies and test your package
 * find a time to sync up with on one of the upcoming evenings for a
live session - we are both on central European summer time? The process is
    - install git-buildpackage
    - gbp clone --pristine-tar https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/bcftools
    - do the right set of changes, commit them locally
    - gbp buildpackage
    - test, push changes back to salsa
    - request sponsoring

    For any questions that arise in between just send me an email and I
answer as soon as I can.

 * have a peek at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tApLhVqxRZ2VOuMH_aPUgFENQJfbLlB_PFH_Ah_q7hM/edit?usp=sharing
and to see if there is a software close to your heart that you would
want to see prepared for the distribution - feel free to add something

Best,

Steffen


On 15.06.20 01:01, Giulio Genovese wrote:
> Hi Steffen,
>
> Yes, that would be great. I didn't even know there was a three tier of
> mandatory/recommended/suggested packages, or I would have suggested
> the same solution you proposed to begin with. I am a bit new to this
> so I would be happy to help in the way I can if you want to talk me
> through it. Feel also free to write to me on my personal email account.
>
> Giulio
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 6:51 PM Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de
> <mailto:steffen_moeller@gmx.de>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Giulio,
>
>     How would you like the idea to have both Perl and Python as
>     recommended
>     and only leave the latex as suggested? What should then happen is that
>     we place this as a bug report against bcftools. The maintainer
>     (should)
>     see(s) this and you will be informed when the upload happened that
>     implements your suggestion. I expect this to be associated with an
>     upcoming new upstream version, but, hey, we have the Covid-19
>     hackathon
>     this week, feel free have this as your first active contribution if
>     there are no ultimate negative vibes emerging on this list about a
>     demotion of the strict dependency on Perl. I happily talk you through.
>     To shorten bits up, I have just created the bug report -
>     https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=962834
>     <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=962834> .
>
>     Thank you tons for your feedback. Please keep it coming.
>
>     Steffen