Re: Source code of large programs wanted

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>]

Adrian Knoth writes:
> Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>
>>>> If anyone feels like packaging even more Ada software for Debian,
>>>> *please* do!
>>> Do we already have a BUSH-package? ;)
>
>> Also note that BUSH depends on APQ and, I think, the Booch Components.
>> You'd want to package them too.
>
> BUSH comes with everything that is required to make it work.
> After some small changes for Debian (which I've reported to upstream)
> it compiles out of the box.

Yes, it contains copies of APQ and the Booch Components.  In a proper
distribution, you would remove them from the sources and build against
shared APQ and shared Booch Components instead.

> I do not intend to become a Debian package maintainer, but don't you
> want to package it? ;)

I have stated this before: no.  I already maintain 18 packages (19 if
you count the Debian policy for Ada).  I do this on my own free time,
after work, and nobody pays me to do it.  If I should maintain more
packages, I would spread myself too thin to do a good job.  In fact,
bugs #297980 and #297985 suggest this is already the case.

Moreover, I have been maintaining most of Debian's Ada packages
single-handledly for more than a year now.  I would really appreciate
it if somebody would step up to become a co-maintainer.  I'm willing
to help anyone get started.  Even if you don't want to spend too much
time doing this, you can still contribute patches and bug reports;
these are well appreciated.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.