Could Debian Perl team take over PDL? (Was: Fwd: PDL package update request (who is appropriate POC?))

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Perl team,

I've got a request from PDL upstream who fully correctly noticed that
PDL is not properly maintained inside Debian.  Since I once did some
ad-hoc fixes Upstream CCed me whether I could do something as Debian
Science team member.  I had a look and updated Git[1] a bit but I
noticed that it is way better if some Perl programmer could have a look.
I admit that the patches are more than the small time cycles I would be
able to spent into this would permit me to do.

I'd be really happy if Debian Perl team could take over maintenance
of this package.

Kind regards

        Andreas.

[1] https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-science/packages/pdl.git

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 06:08:49PM -0400, Chris Marshall wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response, Andreas.
> 
> We're planning a new PDL-2.016 release by the end of
> May but as far as Debian packaging goes, nothing will
> change from PDL-2.015 to PDL-2.16 compared to the
> current debian/ directory in the PDL distribution.
> 
> I reviewed the contents of that folder and it seems
> to have the pieces needed to package things for a
> Debian release but I'm not running on a Debian system
> and there are no instructions for the build/release
> process.
> 
> The PDL-2.016 release candidate 1 is available from
> CPAN at http://search.cpan.org/~chm/PDL-2.015_001/ and
> you can download the tarball from the Download link:
> 
> http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/C/CH/CHM/PDL-2.015_001.tar.gz
> 
> In the top level of the PDL-2.015_001/ folder which
> will result from untar-ing the distribution file you
> will see a debian/ folder with the contents from
> Henning Glawes previous work.
> 
> I'm very willing to help out from the PDL/perl side of
> things if you could find an experienced Debian
> science maintainer to try things out.  I don't want
> to blindly start editing without knowing how things
> work.  If we can get the process bootstrapped, I can
> see about finding a new maintainer (maybe me if I can
> install a Debian unix for development).
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 
> 
> On 5/28/2016 17:35, Andreas Tille wrote:
> >Hi Chris,
> >
> >On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 02:31:40PM -0400, Chris Marshall wrote:
> >>I saw that you have had activity with the Debian pdl packaging
> >>from 15 Jan 2016.  I'm hoping to update the pdl package from
> >>the current version PDL-2.007 to the soon to be released
> >>PDL-2.016.
> >>
> >>PDL-2.007 is more than 3 years out of date and is missing some
> >>significant and ongoing bug fixes and feature enhancements.
> >>Of specific interest is that PDL now support 64bit indexing
> >>and can operate with perls built with the long double config
> >>option.
> >>
> >>PDL now builds out of the box on the main perl platforms:
> >>linux, mac os x, windows, and bsd.  If there are any issues
> >>with packaging we would like to address them.  AFAICT, the
> >>problem is lack of an active maintainer.
> >I admit that pdl is not very well maintained in Debian.  I moved it to
> >Debian Science team maintenance to increase the awareness of more people
> >who might potentially care.  You could become a member of the team and
> >update the packaging or send us patches we could include.  Please ping
> >us (perhaps by CCing me personally since your previous mail did not
> >received any answer?) if the new version is released and ready for
> >packaging.
> >
> >Kind regards
> >
> >       Andreas.
> >
> >>-------- Forwarded Message --------
> >>Subject: 	PDL package update and POC
> >>Date: 	Thu, 26 May 2016 19:07:58 -0400
> >>From: 	Chris Marshall <devel.chm.01 at gmail.com>
> >>To: 	debian-science-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Dear Debian-Science-Maintainers,
> >>
> >>I'm hoping to contact the current pdl package maintainer for debian.
> >>The current package is years out of date.  If possible, I would like
> >>to update to the current PDL-2.015 or later as there are a very large
> >>number of bugs fixed and platform compatibility enhancements.
> >>
> >>I've tried emailing Henning Glawe but have received no response for
> >>a year or more.
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance,
> >>Chris
> >>
> 
> 

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