Re: generic C++ code for uniform b-spline processing

["Kay F. Jahnke" <_kfj@yahoo.com>]

Am 13.05.2017 um 10:23 schrieb Ghislain Vaillant:
> On 13/05/17 06:17, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Hi Kay,
> >
> > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 11:24:33AM +0200, Kay F. Jahnke wrote:
> > > Hi group!
> > >
> > > I have recently published a library for the creation and evaluation of
> > > uniform b-splines. The code is available from my repository at
> > > ...
> >
> > I think you've sent this message to the Debian Science list to give a
> > hint to us that we could package it.  This is nice of you but if you
> > really want to make sure that there will be some Debian package in the
> > not to distant future the most promising way is to do the Debian
> > packaging yourself and ask here for sponsoring your work (which means
> > some Debian developer checks your work and uploads on behalf of you).
>
> I second Andreas' opinion. Best package quality and maintenance is
> achieved by people who cares about the software, be it a user, a
> contributor or a developer.

I did not want to be pushy - I thought I'd just make known what I have 
and see if there is any interest. If you think my code might be a good 
contribution, I'll happily do what I can to help getting it in.

> Feel free to inquire the team should you need help in creating the
> initial package.

I have set up control and copyright files and created a .deb package on 
my system successfully, so I think I should be able to handle the 
initial stages of the process.

I suppose the next thing I need to do is to open an account an alioth? 
Or does someone else set up the repository there? What bugs do I have to 
file (ITP etc...)? Do I need a sponsor first?

I haven't done this before, so I'm unclear about the precise procedure.

Best regards,
Kay