Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-30 Thread Holger Levsen 
Hi Chris,

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 10:54:26AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> > the README on this github repo says the software is nonfree
> I have opened discussion with upstream.
 
thanks!

> > can you point me to a "screenshot" how the typeset
> > looks? thats what i was really curious in… :)
> Sure: http://i.imgur.com/ZSxar2h.jpg

neato! thanks for that too! :)


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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-30 Thread Chris Lamb 
Hi Holger,

> the README on this github repo says the software is nonfree

I have opened discussion with upstream.

> can you point me to a "screenshot" how the typeset
> looks? thats what i was really curious in… :)

Sure: http://i.imgur.com/ZSxar2h.jpg


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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-30 Thread Chris Lamb 
> I'd say the package name is way too generic for such a specific
> package.

I've renamed it. Thanks to all who sent me emails on this matter.


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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-30 Thread Chris Lamb 
retitle 825785 ITP: lute-tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature
thanks


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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-30 Thread Guus Sliepen 
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 09:36:50PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:

> * Package name: tab
>   Upstream Author : Wayne Cripps
> * URL : https://github.com/mandovinnie/Lute-Tab
> * License : BSD
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description : Typesetter for lute tablature
> 
> Tab is a typesetter for lute tablature for renaissance and baroque lutes and 
> theorboes, in both French and Italian notation. You edit a plain text file 
> with special commands to enter the lute tablature, then you run tab to 
> convert that input into PostScript output that you can print or display with 
> the right program.

It's quite unfortunate that for upstream has decided to call their
binary "tab", which is a quite generic word that one might not directly
associate with lute tablature. That said, apparantly there is no other
binary in Debian yet that has dared to call itself "tab", so I guess it
is free. But could you at least name your package lute-tab instead of tab?

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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-29 Thread Paul Wise 
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Chris Lamb wrote:

> * Package name: tab

This is uh, a little bit generic :)

> * URL : https://github.com/mandovinnie/Lute-Tab

I would suggest using the upstream name instead: lute-tab

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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-29 Thread Ben Hutchings 
On Sun, 2016-05-29 at 22:47 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> > 
> > Should be lute-tab or something like that.
> 
> That just seems to be the GitHub repo name, upstream seems to call it
> "Tab":
> 
>  http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/AboutTab.html
> 
> .. and the binary is called "tab".
> 
> Would you still suggest the "lute" prefix?

I would - 'tab' is a very generic name and is also used to refer to
other kinds of tablature notation, a control character, a user
interface element, etc.

Ben.

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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-29 Thread Chris Lamb 
> Should be lute-tab or something like that.

That just seems to be the GitHub repo name, upstream seems to call it "Tab":

 http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/AboutTab.html

.. and the binary is called "tab".

Would you still suggest the "lute" prefix?


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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-29 Thread Ben Hutchings 
On Sun, 2016-05-29 at 21:36 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Chris Lamb 
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org
> 
> * Package name: tab

Should be lute-tab or something like that.

Ben.

>   Upstream Author : Wayne Cripps
> * URL : https://github.com/mandovinnie/Lute-Tab
> * License : BSD
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description : Typesetter for lute tablature
> 
> Tab is a typesetter for lute tablature for renaissance and baroque
> lutes and theorboes, in both French and Italian notation. You edit a
> plain text file with special commands to enter the lute tablature,
> then you run tab to convert that input into PostScript output that
> you can print or display with the right program.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
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Ben Hutchings
Editing code like this is akin to sticking plasters on the bleeding
stump
of a severed limb. - me, 29 June 1999


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Bug#825785: ITP: tab -- Typesetter for lute tablature

2016-05-29 Thread Chris Lamb 
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Chris Lamb 
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org

* Package name: tab
  Upstream Author : Wayne Cripps
* URL : https://github.com/mandovinnie/Lute-Tab
* License : BSD
  Programming Lang: C
  Description : Typesetter for lute tablature

Tab is a typesetter for lute tablature for renaissance and baroque lutes and 
theorboes, in both French and Italian notation. You edit a plain text file with 
special commands to enter the lute tablature, then you run tab to convert that 
input into PostScript output that you can print or display with the right 
program.


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