Bug#280324: ITP: freemind -- A Java Program for creating and viewing Mindmaps

[Eric Lavarde <deb@zorglub.s.bawue.de>]

Hi,

hope this is OK to reply-to-all in such cases...

Hilko Bengen wrote:
> Eric Lavarde <deb@zorglub.s.bawue.de> writes:
>
>
> > the package does already exist actually (see
> > http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FreeMind_on_Linux for
> > details), I'm the maintainer of the package for the FreeMind project
> > and I'd like to have it in the official Debian repository (contrib
> > Section).
>
>
> Have you tried to compile/run freemind with any of the available
> DFSG-free JREs so far?
Not personally, but some users have unintentionally and unsuccessfully 
tried to start FreeMind with kaffe and gcj. Would I get a different 
result if I would try to _compile_ first FreeMind with whatever free JDK?
> > I'm not yet a Debian developer, going through the documentation and
> > the process of becoming one.
>
>
> Recently I spent a few hours on creating a freemind package myself,
> since I hadn't seen the links to your package so far. If you want,
> I'll be happy to sponsor your package.
It would be a pleasure, I just need to find a key signer nearby. Anybody 
living around Böblingen (or Stuttgart)?
So, what would be the next steps? Remember: I'm still going through the 
documentation (and I didn't think it would be so quick to get a sponsor 
:-) ).

Thanks, Eric

> Cheers,
> -Hilko

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