Introducing: Debian Science tools

[Manuel Prinz]

Hi all,

I just setup a Git repository in our group namespace named
"debian-science-tools". It's supposed to be a collection of tools that
will aid when working on Debian Science, and everyone is very welcome to
contribute to it. It's both for users and developers, enabling users to
contribute more easily to Debian Science -- if they like to do so.

At the moment, it just contains one tool, debsci-wnpp, which calls
"reportbug wnpp" and also adds templates for user-tagging and CC'ing the
maintainers list. Using this, it is possible to directly set usertags in
the template, so this does not have to be done manually after an ITP.
Also, the mailing list is always informed about new ITPs/RFPs.

There is also a small wrapper script, debsci, that simply calls the
debsci-* scipts. It's just for convenience, to feel a little more like
Git. (Which I like. You may or may not use it, all tools can be called
directly.)

More tools are planned, one is going to be rewritten. I did not announce
it to debian-science@ yet since the use is still quite limited.

If you have other ideas, feel free to commit to the "upstream" branch or
send me a patch. The scripts still lack proper documentation but are so
simple and short that it should be no problem to understand what they
do.

A preliminary packaging can be found in the "debian" branch. I'm also
unsure about the license, I just chose GPLv3+. I do not mind to change
that if one has strong feelings about that.

All feedback and contributions are welcome. Please let me know if you
like the idea and/or find the tools useful.

Best regards
Manuel
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