Hi Kingsley, the software, which is being packaged in Debian, should meet the certain technical and license criterions. To review the software from the technical point of view this guide [1] is a good starting point. DFSG-compatibility [2] is mandatory for all Debian packages.
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide [2] https://www.debian.org/social_contract Best regards Anton 2018-03-20 20:33 GMT+01:00 Kingsley G. Morse Jr. <[email protected]>: > Hello Innocent, > > Welcome. > > Thank you very much for your willingness to help > maintain packages. > > If you happen to have the time, and are so > inclined, I humbly suggest formally packaging an > array programming language. > > It's called "j"[1]. > > As you might imagine, array programming languages, > like j, and APL, which begat it, are great for science. > > The guy who invented them won the Association for > Computing Machinery's Turing Award[2]. > > j's main web site says it's free[1], already > packaged3] and available under GPL3[1]. > > So, > Kingsley > > [1] jsoftware > http://www.jsoftware.com/ > > [2] Kenneth E. Iverson - A.M. Turing Award Winner > https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/iverson_9147499.cfm > > [3] System/Installation/Linux > http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation/Linux > > On 03/20/2018 19:35, Innocent De Marchi wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I think I can help with the maintenance of this group's packages: >> I just sent the request to join the group in salsa. I have recently >> passed the NM process and I am DM [0]. Obviously, I will need the >> sponsorship of packages. >> >> Regards! >> >> I. De Marchi >> >> >> >> [0] https://nm.debian.org/process/434 >> >> >> > > -- > Time is the fire in which we all burn. >
