Hi, Andreas. Sorry for taking so long to answer you. 2011/8/10 Andreas Tille <[email protected]>: > I did discussed at Debian Med mailing list and besides other mails (also > in PM) this one[1] expresses the same strong agreement as I do. As you > might possibly know the Debian Med project as one of the Blends inside > Debian maintains some so called tasks which are kind of categorising the > applications. The tasks page[2] provides an overview about current > categories we are maintaining. > > Your package is somehow "end user" oriented (not for practicioners or > researchers) and the only task which is currently featuring such things > is "tools" (which is some kind of "something else" currently). I'm not > perfectly comfortable by putting Sitplus into this category. While Eric > in his posting[1] suggested a new category "accessibility" I'm not > really sure that this is not missleading because in terms of computer > usage we are trying to make programs more accessible for people with > some handicap when using the term "accessibility". I personally would > rather tend to a category "therapy" which might fit better into the > medical context and also might find some other applications which fit in > later. > > What's your opinion about such a categorisation out of the options > {tools, accessibility, therapy}. Finally as the packager we would > defintely consider your vote as expert.
Well, I think Sitplus is more a therapeutic tool than an computer aid for people with disability needs. So, I vote for a "therapy" task :) > So you might like to read the team policy[3] which in your case > boils down to something like: > > 1. Subscribe to the Debian-Med alioth project (or tell me > your Alioth login - I did not found your name in the list > of Alioth users) - this enables commit permission to the > VCSes we use in Debian Med I've just registered and made a joining request to the project. My login in luinix-guest. > 2. Decide either for Git or SVN and commit your packaging > stuff for Sitplus I'm already using GitHub for the code. You can check it at [1]. Of course, I have no problem at all with moving it to Alioth. > 3. Ping the mailing list [email protected] for > sponsoring. > Subscribing this list makes sense regarding the maintenance > of the package itself as well as possibly getting some > other packages which you might be interested in. I've just subscribed to [email protected]. I'll re-send my original RFS message to that list. Please let me know if you need something else. Best regards! [1] https://github.com/luinix/sitplus-debian -- "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning" -- Catherine Aird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CABsJszwvQSRS=rv4grcphltpo1rk91y2g3z+qobpqwyhxwj...@mail.gmail.com
