Hello Debian Science, The package described below is ready for consideration at https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/freecad-doc.
Thank you! On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 03:40:38 -0500 Kurt Kremitzki <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Kurt Kremitzki <[email protected]> > > * Package name : freecad-doc > Version : 0.17.20180719 > Upstream Author : FreeCAD Community <[email protected]> > * URL : https://github.com/freecad/freecad-doc > * License : CC-BY-3.0 > Programming Lang: Python > Description : Extensible Open Source CAx program - online documentation > > FreeCAD is a general purpose feature-based, parametric 3D modeler for CAD, > MCAD, CAx, CAE and PLM, aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product > design but also fits a wider range of uses in engineering, such as > architecture or other engineering specialties. It is 100% Open Source (LGPL2+ > license) and extremely modular, allowing for very advanced extension and > customization. > . > This package contains the FreeCAD documentation generated from the project's > online wiki. The wiki is translated into several languages and currently > translation to French and Italian is complete enough, along with English, to > provide several language packages which can be switched between using the > alternatives system. > . > The main documentation is provided in Qt's new help format; the new help > format version can be viewed in conjunction with the Qt Assistant > found in the qt4-dev-tools package or within the FreeCAD application. In > addition, translated PDFs are supplied. > > > The freecad-doc package previously existed in Debian but was removed May > 2016 for DFSG reasons since it was built from precompiled binaries > included in the FreeCAD source. This package uses a local updatable > copy of the FreeCAD wiki in HTML and image form so as to distribute the > preferred source form. An additional improvement I'm glad to announce is > the inclusion of FreeCAD translators' work in the form of the French and > Italian packages. > > I plan to maintain this within the Debian Science Team. > >
