Re: How much interest in a "debian-science.org" repository?

[Brett Viren <bv@bnl.gov>]

"Alexander L. Belikoff" <alexander@belikoff.net> writes:

> I am a lurker on this list, so please don't hit on me too hard for a
> possibly naiive question. I assume, this standalone repository is
> supposed to be a stopgap for packages before entering Debian official
> repository (and ultimately becoming part of future Debian stable), right?

For some of the package, yes.  Other's may not be licensed in a manner
acceptable to Debian (but are still legal for us to distribute).  Or,
they may simply not have an official Debian developer to support them.

-Brett.