http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/s/sonic-pi/sonic-pi_2.6.0-3.debian.tar.gzIt comes down to time constraints. It's quick, it works and is good enough for our purposes while there are other areas which need to be addressed more urgently.
If reworking the package means it could go straight to Debian and automatically pulled in by Raspbian, it would save time in the long run. However, Sonic Pi releases are fairly frequent and, for us, the latest version needs to be in 'stable', which is not going to happen under standard Debian.
Some input from a Debian maintaner would be useful here. I have doubts that we would be able to find a sponsor to get this into untested or sid, even if a proper source package existed.
On 8/23/2015 8:52 PM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
[Serge Schneider]Currently, there is no proper source package. There would need to be a fair bit of work done to get something together that would meet Debian's standards, so I don't think the Raspbian package is a valid starting point. If there is interest and the Debian folk are open to including the package, I am certainly willing to help in whatever way I can.Oh. Why is there no proper source package? I would be willing to help, and a good starting point would be to get the source building using pbuilder. Is there a good version control repository to use for the build rules? Are you using one already?