Am Mittwoch, den 02.11.2011, 23:22 +0100 schrieb Stéphane Glondu: > Le 02/11/2011 21:13, Gerd Stolpmann a écrit : > > First, Plasma needs an absolutely recent version of ocamlnet, i.e. > > 3.4.1. I couldn't find a repository with it. > > I've just updated it (in Debian unstable).
Thanks. I just debootstrapped unstable. I see here three problems: 1. The part of ocamlnet using cryptokit is missing (i.e. netmech-scram) 2. The part of ocamlnet using camlzip is missing (i.e. netzip) 3. I wonder why the *.netdb files are in libocamlnet-ocaml-dev and not in libocamlnet-ocaml, because there are cases where the files are read in at runtime. For Plasma I really need 1. I guess it was just overlooked that Ocamlnet added further libraries depending on cryptokit and camlzip, because these parts are only built when enabled at configure time. I can fill out bug reports if this helps you. > > Second, there is the question how to get it into Debian. The dpkg is no > > problem for me as long as I publish it for myself, but it would be more > > visible if it were in Debian. Honestly, I'm hoping to find somebody who > > could fill out the role as maintainer, leaving me in the second row. > > The proper way to ask for a new package is to submit an RFP bug, as > explained in: > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ > > RFP bugs are sent to the debian-devel mailing-list, which many people > involved in Debian read. Then someone interested for introducing the > package and maintaining it might pick it up and turn it into ITP. > > Additionally, in your case, you can also add > [email protected] in CC. Thanks for the information. > As far as I am concerned, I can provide help for the OCaml-related > parts, but maybe someone more interested in Plasma itself would be a > better fit for actually introducing the package. It's fortunately Ocaml-only, but you are right, another person interested in actually using the software would definitely a win. > > Third, is there a way to make it more known using Debian channels? For > > general use, it is interesting because it provides an easy way for > > getting a distributed and replicated filesystem that can be mounted via > > NFS. "Easy" means here that it is just user-space software, and one does > > not need expensive hardware like fiberchannels or router hacks to > > implement it. > > Submitting an RFP bug looks the most "official" way to do that... but > some people (including myself) skip them. > > There is also Debian Planet which is followed by lots of people > (including myself)... so you can convince someone who has a blog listed > there to write a post about Plasma :-) There is at least some hope I can find somebody, because filesystems are of general interest, and maybe trying to contact bloggers writing about system topics could work. Gerd > > Cheers, > > -- > Stéphane > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gerd Stolpmann, Darmstadt, Germany [email protected] Creator of GODI and camlcity.org. Contact details: http://www.camlcity.org/contact.html Company homepage: http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de *** Searching for new projects! Need consulting for system *** programming in Ocaml? Gerd Stolpmann can help you. ------------------------------------------------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1320354952.14475.250.camel@thinkpad
