Bug#595958: ITP: paml -- Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Hi Andreas,

On 09/08/2010 08:04 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:

> thanks for the ITP.
> 
> As you can see at
> 
>    http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/bio#paml
> 
> this package is also provided by BioLinux people and I'd regard this as
> a really cool first step to integration if you would involve the
> maintainer inside BioLinux in the official Debian packaging.  I'd
> imagine that he and you are mentioned as Uploaders in a Debian Med group
> maintained package and you work as sponsor of him.

I have looked for their package but could not find it. The only reference
I saw is of version 4.4, and we aimed a 4.4c, so it could not be used
directly anyway.

I just met Pjotr at a meeting near Groningen. We did not have too much time
and we wanted to get this done quickly. Pjotr uses PAML actively for his
research and as such renders an excellent maintainer. We will find other
opportunities to collaborate more with BioLinux I then thought,
and our repository is open to them anyway, for them to improve whatever
they feel to have done a better job with.

Stuart, Oliver, Tim, I apologise should this effort have caused any
inconvenience for you. The packaging resides at
	svn://svn.debian.org/svn/debian-med/trunk/packages/paml
and Tim may already have commit rights - I don't recall if he was
among those who I clicked through it when we met in Boston.

Many greetings

Steffen