[Pkg-octave-devel] RFS: QtOctave -- A Qt front-end to Octave

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail.com> [2007-06-21 15:15]:

> On 21/06/07, Rafa Rodriguez Galván <rafael.rodriguez at uca.es> wrote:
> > We had between our plans the idea of making a Debian package for
> > qtOctave, following the Debian Octave guidelines, so if you wish and
> > people from Debian Octave group agree, I can collaborate with you,
> > taking your package as starting point in order to reach that objective.
> 
> Er... not that I want to be a package hog here, but I'll try to be
> anyways. In other words, I appreciate your offer to help very much,
> but I think I'd rather work on packaging QtOctave myself. ;-)
> 
> Allow me to explain. It's mostly for pedagogical purposes for myself.
> For the longest time, I have been wanting to package a number of
> things for Debian (e.g. #409077), but I have felt daunted for a number
> of reasons. QtOctave looked simpler to package, although I've already
> run into quite a number of problems, most of them simple, and one
> complicated. I already have two DDs who have decided to mentor/sponsor
> me through mentors.debian.net, and I'm feeling comfortable working for
> them while I learn how to solve the packaging issues myself with their
> guidance.
> 
> If, however, people are impatient with my blundering first steps in
> creating a QtOctave Debian package and can't wait for me to figure it
> out, then I'll be forced to accept help. :-(
> 
> Is this arrangement ok? Can I take my time to learn how to do this properly?

I fully understand your concerns, but I think that it would be much better
for everybody that the package is maintained through the DOG SVN repository
and the issues discussed in pkg-octave-devel.  This has been the way the DOG
worked from its beginning and nobody has complained up to now.

You can gently decline the sponsorship offers you got; I am sure the two DDs
will understand the situation.  Notice that we would not hijack the package
from you.  After all, as in any free software project, who writes the code
has the control over it.

-- 
Rafael