Re: Welcome to Debian Astronomy!
Hi Fred,
PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr>
writes:
> It is true that debian-science is quite fragile (so many package which
> require very specific competencies) and that this sort of specialize
> blend can fragment the initial effort.
I would see it quite the other way around: Having specialized blends
would actually attract people and interest from this field and therefore
help in maintaining the packages.
Can you be more specific on what you mean with the danger of
fragmentation? As an astronomer, I am also a scientist, and therefore
would feel as a part of the scientific computing approach of
Debian. But: as debian-astro, we may also get amateurs which may not
count themself as scientists.
> I am wondering if this sort of blend should not be sort of satellite
> of debian-science using dedicated mailling if the traffic is to big
> but for the rest use the debian-science infrastructure (especially the
> repositories) to avoid this fragmentation.
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> picca@moszumanska:/git/debian-science/packages$ ls -l | wc
> 429 3856 34878o Debian Astronomy!
For me, browsing the git repository is already a pain, these are far too
much packages in one directory. Having them in a separate dir would be
nice, without caring of whether this is a subdir of debian-science or
not.
What should be done in your opinion to have debian-astro as a
"satellite" of debian-science instead of having it independently?
> I like the fact that we can create dedicated blends (web site and
> packages thanks to Andreas works) but I do not feel confident to
> maintain a dedicated repository for these blends.
In git, each package has its own repository. What is the difference
whether a repository is in /git/debian-science of in /git/debian-astro?
What kind of "maintenance" do you mean here?
I would draw some more attention to the Policy, where debian-astro
should not deviate too much from debian-science.
Best regards
Ole
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