[pkg-fso-maint] [openBmap] Inclusion in debian feeds for FSO

[Onen]

Hi everyone,

Joachim Breitner wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 06.05.2009, 22:39 +0200 schrieb Onen:
>>
>> I am the developer of the GSM/GPS logger openBmap on top of FSO. The app
>> is in FSO and SHR feeds thanks to Stefan and mrmoku.
>>
>> I would like to know if you would accept to get it into your debian feed
>> for the FreeRunner?
>>
>> If yes, what is it supposed to follow to be easily packaged and included?
>>
>> It is python, GTK (glade). Python distutils is ready but not tested by
>> any packager so far.
> 
> If it is properly set up using distuils (e.g., it installs a .desktop
> file using it), there should be no problem packaging it.

The distutils files are ready. But nobody ever used it. So I cannot say 
if they are correct (that's my first try at it), but I would say that 
tuning it right would be part of the inclusion process in Debian feed.


  But due to a
> lack of time I’m reluctant to add more packages that I don’t use myself.

Maybe you should use openBmap then ;-)

> Is someone else on the pkg-fso list interested in packaging this? Or at
> least, is there a Debian user that will share the maintenance
> responsibility, e.g. answering bug reports and keep track of upstream
> development?
> 

Ideally the package would be located into the feed. But if anybody would 
like to prepare a debian package (or help me getting it right), this 
would already help users to install it under Debian, from openBmap site 
for example.

I have seen a thread on OM ML about a script which is able to install 
ipk packages under Debian.
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-May/047651.html

If nobody is interested in taking care of the package, do you think this 
might be a viable solution?

> Also, Onen, is the program suited to be run on regular computers as
> well? Does it depend on the FSO stack, or is it independent from it?
> Maybe it could be uploaded to Debian directly.

At the moment it only works with FSO. With time I may add different 
backends (gpsd, gsmd, etc.), but I don't think I have time to take care 
of this in near future (collaboration and patches are welcome, or course 
:-) ).

Thanks for you help,

Onen