[Pkg-electronics-devel] Request to join the Debian Electronics group - Jaminy Prabaharan

[Andreas Tille]

Hi,

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:24:54PM +0100, Rock Storm wrote:
> > Package: arduino
> > Version: 2:1.5.6.2+sdfsg2-3
> 
> It is packaged yes, but the version packaged is really really old.
> Current upstream version is 1.8.5. Currently packaged version (1.5.6)
> is not enough to complile latest programs in Arduino (such as Marlin
> Firmware). This situation makes current package somehow unusable. So
> any help packaging the latest version would be more than welcome.

Thanks for this information.
 
> > May be you check with the contributors (in CC) what help might be needed
> > but as far as I can see that's a complex package and not really a target
> > for a one month packaging lesson.
> 
> Sadly, I agree that arduino is not a simple package. However we got
> stuck when trying to package the latest version due to some of its
> dependencies. Maybe some of them are simple enough for a novice
> maintainer. Some of our struggling can be seen in this bug [1]. I'm
> sorry, but right now I'm unable to involve further on this. Ignacio and
> Geert (both on CC) will probably be able to give you more details.  

It would help if you could name one or two of these precondition
that are a sensible target for a packaging beginner.
 
Kind regards

      Andreas. 

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