Hi! I maintain several Open Source software projects related to OpenStreeMap and use some more. As a long term Debian user I want to help get my software and other OSM software into Debian. I am somewhat familiar with creating Debian packages but never understood all the intricacies of producing proper packages and getting those packages into the distribution.
Currently I am mostly concerned with these projects: * Osmosis - This Java program is used often in OSM circles for many tasks. It used to be in Debian but has fallen out of testing for some reason. * osmpbf (https://github.com/scrosby/OSM-binary) - I am co-maintainer of this project. This library is an important building block for lots of OSM software. The current Debian version is too old. I want to make sure the current version is always in Debian. * osmium - This is a C++ library for working with OSM data. The old version is in Debian, but was always too old, as I have been working on it continuously and I have never released any "stable" releases. I have always told users to use the git master version instead of the Debian relase. For a while now I have been working on a rewrite (http://osmcode.org/), including some applications around it etc. which is not stable yet, but eventually I want to bring it into Debian and it is probably a good idea to start thinking about packaging now. I'd appreciate it if anybody can give me any tips where to start and how to help out with these or other projects. Jochen -- Jochen Topf [email protected] http://www.jochentopf.com/ +49-721-388298 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
