Re: Help packaging parmetis
On 13/08/2014 18:16, Anton Gladky wrote:
> Hi Wolfgang,
>
>> I have already registered on Alioth. My Alioth account is wlfuetter-guest, and
>> I have just sent a request to join.
>>
>> I read most of the documentation given here: https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging
>> and here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience.
>>
>> But now I'm a little stuck. How should I proceed further?
> Let`s wait for somebody, who can activate your account there.
Already approved (right after).
>> And another question:
>> Is it ok to switch to git for parmetis or should I use svn instead?
> We should ask Sylvestre, he was the last, who uploaded parmetis.
> I personally prefer git. But it would be good to move the svn-history into git.
As you wish. I am not planning to do much more here...
> It would be also good to ask parmetis-upstream to change their license,
> like they did it for metis. Now metis is available in main Debian archive,
> but parmetis is still in non-free section because of restriction in their
> license.
There is this bug:
http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/flyspray/task/120?tasks=all&project=2&pagenum=2
Sylvestre
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