Re: pkg-science, again
>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de> writes:
Andreas> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
>> This group could take inspiration from pkg-scicomp or
>> debian-med to create his own policy (goals are very similar to
>> pkg-scicomp).
Andreas> I'm a little bit concerned about the nomen est omen
Andreas> _pkg_-science and _pkg_scicomp. IMHO we need more than
Andreas> just packaging random scientific software.
Well, perhaps, but:
- This is the naming convention suggested by the alioth guidelines
on the wiki[1], however authorative those are. Mind you, this is
a bit self referential, since these are the guidelines for
"packaging projects"
- It is a bit cliched, but perfect is the enemy of good. I would
rather see a successful, perhaps in some sense narrow project
that could expand, rather than something very ambitious just
peter out from lack of focus.
Those are of course, just my own views. I don't claim any kind of
authority.
All the best
David
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/Alioth/PackagingProject
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