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Bug#659620: RFP: wview -- Weather station daemon

I am Mark Teel, the developer for wview. I have created a debian package for wview and one for radlib which I provide to wview users via a simple repository I implemented on my http server.
I am very open to official inclusion in the debian repository. I do not have time or desire to be the package maintainer for an official debian package. Further, radlib would also require inclusion as it is a firm prerequisite for wview. If Mr. Speight is proposing to be the package maintainer I will gladly support his or anyone's efforts. 

To answer the specific concerns:

Running as a daemon user instead of root -
This is something I plan to do in the near future.

More modular install -
An enhancement to be considered in the future. Most users want the simplicity of a web-based configuration requiring apache and php-sqlite. 

Setup questions to be debconfised -
I'm sure that is easy to accomplish.

Mixed licensing -
Apparently the packaging itself is or defaults to GPL-3. There is no conflict within wview (GPL-2) or radlib (BSD).
Admittedly I may have taken some shortcuts when creating the packages. A dedicated package maintainer could provide value in that regard. 

Mark Teel

On 2/12/12 10:00 AM, Toby Speight wrote:

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

(I'm not sure whether this is RFP or RFA, as a package exists, but it's
not in Debian's archive - please re-title if necessary).

* Package name    : wview
   Version         : 5.19.0-1
   Upstream Author : Mark Teel<mteel2005@gmail.com>
* URL or Web page : http://www.wviewweather.com/
* License         : GPL2 and GPL3
   Description     : Weather station daemon

I've been using the Debian package from upstream for half a year or so
now, but there are benefits from being able to move the package into
Debian properly:

* Easier for new users to find and install
* Easier to keep in sync with mixed distributions (stable/testing or
   testing/unstable)
* Standard bug tracking and patch submission process

There are a few issues I'd like to see addressed, but shouldn't stand in
the way of this RFP:

* Daemon should run as a daemon user, not as root.
* It would be nice to have more modular install - e.g. I'm recording
   weather recording to my database, but I don't want or need the HTML
   generator.  I shouldn't have to install components (and their
   dependencies) which I turn off.
* Set up questions should be debconfised.


The upstream packaging has mixed license terms (all DFSG, AIUI):

/--------[ copyright ]
| This package was debianized by Mark Teel<mteel2005@gmail.com>  on
| Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:09:27 -0600.
|
| It was downloaded from http://www.wviewweather.com
|
| wview was written by Mark Teel<mteel2005@gmail.com>
|
| Copyright: Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Mark Teel. All rights reserved.
|
| Licensed under GPL version 2, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
|
| The Debian packaging is:
|
|     Copyright (C) 2009 Mark Teel<mteel2005@gmail.com>
|
| and is licensed under the GPL version 3,
| see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
|
\--------


The radlib-dev package which is a dependency is mixed BSD and GPL3:

/--------[ copyright ]
| This package was debianized by: Mark Teel<mteel2005@gmail.com>  on
| Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:09:51 -0600
|
| It was downloaded from: http://radlib.teel.ws
|
| Upstream Author: Mark Teel<mteel2005@gmail.com>
|
| Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Mark Teel<mteel2005@gmail.com>
|
| You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the BSD License.
| On Debian systems, the complete text of the BSD License can be found in the
| file `/usr/share/common-licenses/BSD'.
|
| The Debian packaging is Copyright (C) 2009 Mark Teel<mteel2005@gmail.com>
| and is licensed under the GPL version 3, and can be found in the file
| `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
\--------


I don't see anywhere in either license that specifies invariant sections
or cover pages for the GPL-3 part; I believe there are no invariant
sections and no cover pages.


I've included upstream (Mark Teel) on this RFP in case he has opinions
for/against his package entering Debian, or can contribute further
relevant information.
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