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

[Chris Marshall]

We've just released PDL-2.016.

   https://sourceforge.net/p/pdl/mailman/message/35124607/

--Chris

On 5/30/2016 06:02, Andreas Tille wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>