Some scientific packages are looking for new maintainers

[Drew Parsons]

Thanks Alastair.  It's useful also for FEniCS users.

Drew


On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 18:41 +0200, Anton Gladky wrote:
> Hello Alastair,
> 
> thank you! I am really glad that this very important package
> will be in good hands!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Anton
> 
> 
> 2018-06-18 9:52 GMT+02:00 Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry at debian.org>:
> > Dear Anton
> > 
> > I'm willing to maintain paraview, as we use it here.
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> > Alastair
> > 
> > 
> > On 16/06/2018 20:00, Anton Gladky wrote:
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > as I noted earlier [1], some packages are now out of my interests
> > and I
> > have removed myself from Uploaders of those packages.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, in most of them I was the only maintainer, it means
> > that
> > the packages are semi-orphaned now. There is a list of such
> > packages and
> > if somebody wants to take some of them over, feel free to do it.
> > Also do
> > not hesitate to contact me if you have some questions regarding
> > those
> > packages.
> > 
> > ====================
> > arpack++ - Object-oriented version of the ARPACK package
> > freemat - mathematics framework (mostly matlab compatible)
> > openfoam - Set of programs for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
> > palabos - CFD solver based on the lattice Boltzmann method
> > paraview - Parallel Visualization Application
> > pycollada - Python module for creating, editing and loading COLLADA
> > pygts - Python wrapper for the GNU Triangulated Surface library
> > (GTS)
> > pysparse - Sparse linear algebra extension for Python (Adam is in
> > Uploaders list, but he is not active any more)
> > pysph - framework for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
> > sfepy - Simple Finite Elements in Python
> > spooles - SParse Object Oriented Linear Equations Solver
> > soqt - Qt4 GUI component toolkit for Inventor
> > ovito - visualization and analysis tool for atomistic simulation
> > data
> > viennacl - Scientific computing library written in C++ based on
> > OpenCL
> > ====================
> > 
> > All packages are in a good shape without RC-bugs. Most of existing
> > bugs
> > should just be forwarded to upstream.
> > 
> > If I do not find somebody who will take care of them till the end
> > of
> > August 2018, RFAs bugs will be filed against those packages.
> > 
> > I will reduce my work in Debian Science Team, but will continue to
> > sponsor packages, fix RC-bugs and do some general work.
> > 
> > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2017/10/msg00078.html
> > 
> > Best regards
> > 
> > Anton
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Alastair McKinstry, <alastair at sceal.ie>, <mckinstry at debian.org>,
> > https://diaspora.sceal.ie/u/amckinstry
> > Misentropy: doubting that the Universe is becoming more disordered.
> 
>