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Debian packaging

by Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso :: Rate this Message:

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2009/10/11 John W. Eaton <jwe@...>:
> | and must instead rely on specific packagers like Rafael Laboissiere,
> | Thomas Weber, and infrequently myself.
>
> After years doing great work building Octave packages for Debian,
> Rafael is no longer active.  So it would be really great if some other
> users stepped in and helped.

Oh dear. I hadn't noticed. Did he officially announce he was stepping
down or did he quietly vanish?

I'm not sure I can pick up the work, but I can try a little.


Re: Debian packaging

by Thomas Weber-8 :: Rate this Message:

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On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 08:57:58AM -0500, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> 2009/10/11 John W. Eaton <jwe@...>:
> > | and must instead rely on specific packagers like Rafael Laboissiere,
> > | Thomas Weber, and infrequently myself.
> >
> > After years doing great work building Octave packages for Debian,
> > Rafael is no longer active.  So it would be really great if some other
> > users stepped in and helped.
>
> Oh dear. I hadn't noticed. Did he officially announce he was stepping
> down or did he quietly vanish?

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-octave-devel/2009-June/006403.html

        Thomas