Re: What's involved...
I spent some minutes some months ago with that... I cannot remember now
the details but I can remember that it was not packaged in a way that it
was easy for me to package.
As I am not using that software, it has to be easy for me to avoid loosing
too much time with that ;-)
> Op maandag 10-03-2008 om 17:47 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Peter N.
> Spotts:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I just talked (well, emailed) someone through a Qtel installation
>> using alien and wondered afterward what might be involved in maintaining
>> it for Ubuntu. I've seen several hams come to Ubuntu as newbies, who
>> then fall back on the wine/Echolink combo (as I did at first). T'would
>> be nice to have Qtel in the Ubuntu (or related) repositories ready to
>> roll. But I know nothing about package maintenance. I'd like to find out
>> what's involved...
>>
>
> The best thing you could do as a user is to send a "RFP", "Request For
> Package" to the Debian Bug Tracking System, but this has been done
> before. The bug was closed after one year without any action.
>
> Jaime Robles has been saying on this list that he would take a look at
> Qtel/EchoLink/EchoLinux/svxlink or whatever it is called. I don't know
> what the current status is, his last package intent was from August 2007
> so nothing much has happened.
>
> Some of the hams in Debian feel that Qtel has nothing to do with Amateur
> Radio, e.g. there is no radio-transmission involved. That's also the
> reason for me to not invest time in it.
>
> So Pete... start learning about creating Debian Packages, get yourself a
> sponsor for uploading packages or become a Debian Developer yourself.
> Some links:
>
> New maintainers guide: http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
> Developer's reference: http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/
> Debian Policy Manual: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
> Debian-mentors: http://mentors.debian.net/
>
>
>> With best regards,
>>
>> Pete
>>
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>> "The knack of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
>> -- Douglas Adams, "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
>>
>>
>
> Joop PG4I
>
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