Bug#536245: RFH: graphviz -- rich set of graph drawing tools
On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 09:29:34AM +0100, Sebastian Harl wrote:
> Heya,
>
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 03:21:58PM +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> > Sebastian Harl wrote:
> > > Thanks for your interest and offering your help! To be honest, I'm
> > > not sure about what needs to be done at the moment.
> >
> > Normally when adopting a package I would start by:
> >
> > - triaging any open bugs;
> > - adopting dpkg source format 3.0 (quilt);
> > - adopting dh(1) for debian/rules;
> > - uupdating to a new upstream (if any); and finally
> > - adopting DEP-5 for debian/copyright and updating it.
> >
> > I'll leave this (graphviz) at the bottom of my IN tray for now; if I
> > get around to working on it, I'll send patches to you rather than
> > applying them directly. This will give you a chance to veto anything
> > you don't like.
>
> Great! I'm not convinced about 3.0 (quilt) yet, so I'd prefer not to use
> that for graphviz. Anything else sounds good to me, though.
>
> Thanks again for your interest!
>
In the meantime you organize the new maintianership for graphviz, I am going
to do a QA upload addressing at least #493974. Package FTBFS currently and
it is necesary getting it buildeable becaus it is stalling ongoing porting
efforts.
Ana
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