Re: Packaging scientific datasets for Debian

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Sat, May 08, 2010 at 10:05:45AM -0400, Michael Hanke a écrit :
> Dear Debian scientists,
> 
> 
> I want to resurrect the discussion about dataset packaging in Debian. I
> believe the latest state is reflected by this document:
> 
>   http://ftp-master.debian.org/wiki/projects/data/

Hi all,

although it does not add much because it is anterior to the above document
(which was originally posted in 2008 on debian-devel), I would like to mention
the following wiki page, that tries to summarise a brainstorm that happened
in 2007. We could use it to keep track of our current discussions as well.

http://wiki.debian.org/DataPackages

Alternatively to package the data directly, we could also have wrapper packages
that download it from its original source, especially when it is distributed in
a stable and reliable location. This is the path taken by the draft utility
‘getData’:

http://wiki.debian.org/getData

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan