[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#623532: Bug#623532: packaging version 2.2.0

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le jeudi 09 juin 2011 à 10:32 +0100, Barak A. Pearlmutter a écrit :
> Okay thanks.
> Have now dcommitted the 2.2.0 patches.
> Also tagged the 2.1.0-4 release which was previously not marked.
Thanks for all that.

> Would you like me to add myself to uploaders and dput 2.2.0-1?
I don't mind but I think we should ask first to Nobuhiro if he doesn't
mind.

> > It would be nice if you could take that as an opportunity to move
> > this package from pkg-scicomp (which is now pretty much dead) to
> > debian science.
> 
> Skimming http://debian-science.alioth.debian.org/debian-science-policy.html
> it appears this involves some minor debian/control tweaks
Yes, it is minor changes.
>  plus switching to git which I sort of already have?  Except it would be
> nice to preserve the more detailed history from the svn repository.  I
> can try to do that, as an exercise for my git fu, but it would be
> helpful if someone already has the authors translation stuff set up so
> I don't have to cobble it together from scratch.
About the migration to git, same here. I would like to know the opinion of Nobuhiro.
I was more thinking a move of the svn pkg-scicomp => debian-science.
For information, to migrate an svn to an other one with history:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-science-maintainers/2008-August/000223.html

> Anyway, will give it a shot.
> 
> Could put mldemos there as well, when it's ready.
> Unless it belongs in "education"?  Or "demos"?
Debian science is fine I think!

Sylvestre