Bug#235300: [pouelle@debian.org: Re: Need someone to take over two of my packages]
FYI, from the -devel discussion.
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From: Patrick Ouellette <pouelle@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Need someone to take over two of my packages
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:44:21 -0500
To: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
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On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 11:15:50AM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> Seesat5 is a package I ported from DOS. There is no upstream other than
> myself and I have several major
> enhansements I would like to do on the package, but can not find both
I've been looking for a reason to get active on the ham sats. I can
take a whack at Seesat5. Forward you enhancement ideas and some might
even get implemented :-)
Pat
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From: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
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Subject: Re: Need someone to take over two of my packages
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:57:18 -0500
To: Patrick Ouellette <pouelle@debian.org>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
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Patrick Ouellette wrote:
>On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 11:15:50AM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
>
>>Seesat5 is a package I ported from DOS. There is no upstream other than
>>myself and I have several major
>>enhansements I would like to do on the package, but can not find both
>>
>>
>
>I've been looking for a reason to get active on the ham sats. I can
>take a whack at Seesat5. Forward you enhancement ideas and some might
>even get implemented :-)
>
>Pat
>
>
Works for me ;-)
Actually with someone handling maintanance of the package I hope to
dedicate some time to a re-write.
The current code uses a common pointer to the command stream that each
routine uses to collect its
parameters. There is no error recovery in this design. It has been my
intention to write a lex/yacc parser
to replace the old design. This requires restructuring main and
modifying all the command routines
to accept the parameters passed to it by the parser. Then all error
recovery and syntax checking are
provided by the parser. One side effect is I get a library of routines
that can be as easily driven by a GUI
like Glade etc...
On the other hand, one of the things lacking in the package is a
dependency on wget and some scripts
to fetch the latest .tle files from configurable source sites. This
would be a job I would be happy to let
the new maintainer of the package design and build...
Let me know if you're still interested and we can continue this
discussion in private e-mail.
Waiting is,
Dwarf
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From: "Dale C. Scheetz" <dwarf@polaris.net>
Subject: Re: Need someone to take over two of my packages
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:37:55 +0100
To: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
Cc: Patrick Ouellette <pouelle@debian.org>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
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Martin Michlmayr wrote:
>* Patrick Ouellette <pouelle@debian.org> [2004-01-12 16:44]:
>
>
>>>Seesat5 is a package I ported from DOS. There is no upstream other than
>>>myself and I have several major
>>>enhansements I would like to do on the package, but can not find both
>>>
>>>
>>I've been looking for a reason to get active on the ham sats. I can
>>take a whack at Seesat5. Forward you enhancement ideas and some might
>>even get implemented :-)
>>
>>
>
>Patrick, you volunteered to take over seesat5 a month ago but so far
>have not made an upload. Can you please at least change the
>Maintainer: so it's clear that you are now responsible for the
>package.
>
>
He and I have done one round of e-mails, but I never really got a
commitment from him. I may have scared him off with my list, or maybe he
just puked when he saw the code ;-)
This is a package that I brought to Debian way back when I joined up. I
would really like a maintainer for it so I can begin to function as the
upstream developer. The outstanding parser bug against this package
hasn't been fixed because the only good way to fix it is to rebuild the
parser. This requires reworking all the "command" subroutines and
linking them to a lex/yacc parser. This is a major project for a package
maintainer, as the packaging issues keep getting in the way of the big
project...
Anyway, if Patrick is still out there, and still interested, drop me a
line and let's talk.
Waiting is,
Dwarf
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