On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm currently doing a workshop about packaging GIS applications at Libre > Software Meeting[1] and a participant came up with the idea to talk over > Orfeo Toolbox into main Debian. I think this is a good idea and > perfectly in line with the attempt to support UbuntuGIS packages. I > have simply fetched the latest (hopefully?) *.dsc targeting at > > dget > https://launchpad.net/~otb/+archive/ubuntu/orfeotoolbox-staging-stable-ubuntugis/+files/otb_4.0.0-1otb1%7Etrusty2.dsc > > and injected the packaging to > > Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-grass/otb.git > > Some work was done in the direction of a Debian GIS compliant package to > demonstrate the packaging in the Debian GIS team. However, the > packaging remains with several lintian issues and I personally do not > feel competent to solve them all since I do not have any idea about OTB. > For instance it remains an open question whether we should move the set of > > /usr/bin/otbgui_* > /usr/bin/otbcli_* > > files rather to > > /usr/lib/otbgui > /usr/lib/otbcli > > and leave only the main executable (otbgui and otbcli) in /usr/bin and > setting the PATH accordingly. At least from an uninformed point where I > am this somehow sensible. > I dont understand this. otbcli_* and otbgui_* are scripts and loads the application. So moving it to /usr/lib may not be good enough. BTW. what you mean leaving only main executable?. > > I also do not feel really capable to finish and upload this package to > Debian but if there is some volunteer with more insight into the package > I would be happy to guide the furtherly needed work. > > Kind regards and thanks to the OTB team to provide OTB as free software > > Andreas. > > [1] > http://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/20140710_lsm_debian-gis_workshop/index_en.html > > -- > http://fam-tille.de > _______________________________________________ > UbuntuGIS mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu > http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki > -- Regards, Rashad
