DebianScience Unofficial Repository
While trying to update the DebianScience wiki, I have come across
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/UnofficialRepository. This
proposes an unofficial repository for Debian Science.
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 06:03:06PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Chris Walker wrote:
> ><rant #1>
> >
> >What is the point of the
> >http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/UnofficialRepository. What
> >purpose does it serve that is not met by existing Debian resources?
>
> Don't know. It's two years old and I'm not in the list of editors,
> right. ;-))
> I'd suggest to ask on the list ...
>
> >Much software can and should go in main. Software that doesn't meet
> >the DFSG should go in non-free. Software that can't be distributed
> >shouldn't be distributed. Software that isn't ready shouldn't be
> >widely used until it is ready (and I believe mentors is a way of
> >distributing it while that process goes on). Backports is a place for
> >backports isn't it?
>
> I do completely agree - just quote this to the list!
So have we missed anything. Is there any point to it? Is anyone
working on it, or is it dead? If it is dead, what should we do?
Chris
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