These issues I can think of:
Devs who are working in the low level code sometimes see packaging as "donkey work". In fact Debian packaging is extraordinarily long learning curve to do well, even with helper tools. It requires a big picture understanding of how distros are structured. Having been through some of that myself on the long road to learning Debian development I can see how those who are also in the thick of DSP work found it a strain to put on both hats. I must confess I found it a strain myself on a current commercial project. So there's a contradiction/tension 1) A project like pd-extended is such a complex beast, like a distro in itself, it needs packagers with a deep internal knowledge. 2) Anyone involved in dev full time, enough to have a good understanding of extended structure, is consumed by the complexity of the low level coding tasks. It's basically a big demand. The (human... rather than add more systems) answer I can think of is not to look for one or two gifted individuals but find a programming pairs, or groups, preferably friends in the same city, with complementary skills. On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:21:41 +0200 Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: > Sadly enough it did not happen, despite our call. I can't really explain > why. We were too early? Both side were a bit territorial in the way > things should be led? Does not matter. Everyone moves on. -- Andy Farnell <[email protected]> --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
