Re: [Visualpython-users] RFS: python-visual - VPython 3D scientific visualization library

[Floris B. <fb...@so...>]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 03:31:29PM -0500, ajs...@op... wrote:
> I don't know much how the Debian world works, but wonder 
> whether you are aware of the Debain based ubuntu distribution

I am aware of Ubuntu, in fact I usually recommend it to users new to
GNU/Linux.

A quick word about Debian, as there might be quite some people here
that don't know a lot about it.  Debian has a number of Debian
Developers (DD's) who have access to the Debian machines and can
upload new packages into the archive (regulated of course) etc.  So
basically I was asking if any of them was intresed in "sponsoring"
python-visual, which means that they would upload the package that I
made into the archive.  That way python-visual (VPython really) would
get into Debian and be distributed in the next release (if all goes
well).  This sponsering is so that the quality of the package can be
checked and thus the quality of Debian can be kept good.  Once they
are convinced that I can package I could, who knows, become a DD
myself and not need a sponsor anymore.  But that's distant future (if
ever) and currently I can just hope some offical DD is intrested
enough into VPython so they want to sponsor it.

The way Ubuntu works (beware, I might be wrong here) is that they take
packages from Debian and _selected_ others.  So the best way to get a
package into ubuntu is by getting it into Debian.  It is no guarantee
that it will ever be in Ubuntu's "main" component (that would be quite
unlikely for VPython), but it should end up in their "universe"
component.

Hope this helped clarifying things... (and this explenation has become
way to lengthy)

Cheers
Floris

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