On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 21:33 +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote: > Hi Hans > > Thanks for your support so far. > > On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 11:52 -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > > A couple minor details on your ITP bug report: > > > > - in the description, I've been using "Pd" then using "Pure Data" in > > the long description so both are findable via search. Since its > > written text, I think we can use the more common written forms of "Pd" > > and "Pure Data" rather than the package name of "puredata" > > Yeah, makes sense. > > > - also, I've been using the word "objects" instead of "externals" > > since I think its clearer to more people, especially Pd newbies. > > I'm not so sure about that. Personally, I find "objects" confusing for > describing shared library files, since it seems to be more often used to > describe instantiations of object classes, at least on Pd mailing list > and on #dataflow. I still think that "external" fits very well for > external libraries (which is what they are). Also with naming I am more > concerned about consistency than with newbie friendliness (hoping that > the former will be the base of the latter). > > OTOH, pd-zexy which is included for a long while now also talks about > "objects". So I happily adopt your suggestion, since it somehow seems > already established. (OTOH, pd-motex talks about "externals" again) > > hm...... > > Roman
I guess its good to mention both "objects" and "externals" since they are somewhat interchangeable and both valid in this context. Pd naming conventions aren't very standard ;) .hc > > > On Aug 25, 2010, at 7:30 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > Following IOhannes m zmoelnig and Hans-Christoph Steiner (both > > > subscribed to this list and both now members of the pkg-mutlimedia > > > team) > > > I would like to join the forces to bring some Pure Data related > > > packages > > > into Debian and to help with the maintenance of those. I hope to do > > > this > > > in favour of both the Debian community and the Pd community. > > > > > > I've been involved in the Pd community for a few years and use the > > > software and its externals on a regular basis. I don't have written > > > externals myself, since I am no C developer, but I contributed code in > > > form of so called abstractions (modules written in the Pd language). > > > > > > I closely followed the process of finalizing the pd-motex package to > > > make it Debian ready and now that it was finally uploaded, I'd like to > > > try it myself with the package pd-wiimote. > > > > > > I posted a ITA bug report: Bug#593411 > > > I am currently hosting it at: > > > http://github.com/reduzent/pd-wiimote > > > > > > Many thanks for addressing this request in advance. > > > > > > Roman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list > > > pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org > > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > "[W]e have invented the technology to eliminate scarcity, but we are > > deliberately throwing it away to benefit those who profit from > > scarcity." -John Gilmore > > > > > > _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers