[Debian-med-packaging] biosig4c++ packaging in debian

[Alois Schlögl]

Dear maintainers,
dear Yaroslov,




please find attached a patch for debian packaging of biosig4c++.
swig and libxml2 are not used by biosig anymore, and the watch file need
to be addapted.


There is a new release of biosig available, and I want to make you aware
of some major changes in the structure of the source code. Specifically,
biosig4c++ and biosig4octmat are now combined in a single source release.

1) I'd like to suggest changing the source package name
from "biosig4c++" to "biosig" (This would get rid of the "++" in the
package name, which can cause issues sometimes)

2) For new users, there is now a potential confusion about
"biosig4octave" and "mexbiosig".  I've set up some documentation about this

https://sourceforge.net/p/biosig/wiki/Installation/
https://sourceforge.net/p/biosig/wiki/Usage/
https://sourceforge.net/p/biosig/wiki/FAQ/

I'm not sure what the best approach for packaging this in Debian is,
maybe both should be combined in octave-biosig ? If you agree, I could
come up with package description.


3) It would be great, if it would be possible to setup matlab-biosig
using the "matlab-support" package. What do you think ?


4) besides Octave, Python and Matlab, there are also language bindings
to Java, R, and Mathematica included. These can be already useful, but
are not much tested. I'm not sure whether additional Debian packages
(java-biosig, R-biosig) should be setup at this stage of development.
I guess I'd make this dependend on the fact how much work this would be.


If you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know.


Best regards,
   Alois


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