FYI, from the -devel discussion.
----- Forwarded message from Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Need someone to take over two of my packages Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:44:21 -0500 To: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 11:15:50AM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > Seesat5 is a package I ported from DOS. There is no upstream other than > myself and I have several major > enhansements I would like to do on the package, but can not find both I've been looking for a reason to get active on the ham sats. I can take a whack at Seesat5. Forward you enhancement ideas and some might even get implemented :-) Pat -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- Forwarded message from Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Need someone to take over two of my packages Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:57:18 -0500 To: Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031107 Debian/1.5-3 X-Accept-Language: en Patrick Ouellette wrote: >On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 11:15:50AM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > >>Seesat5 is a package I ported from DOS. There is no upstream other than >>myself and I have several major >>enhansements I would like to do on the package, but can not find both >> >> > >I've been looking for a reason to get active on the ham sats. I can >take a whack at Seesat5. Forward you enhancement ideas and some might >even get implemented :-) > >Pat > > Works for me ;-) Actually with someone handling maintanance of the package I hope to dedicate some time to a re-write. The current code uses a common pointer to the command stream that each routine uses to collect its parameters. There is no error recovery in this design. It has been my intention to write a lex/yacc parser to replace the old design. This requires restructuring main and modifying all the command routines to accept the parameters passed to it by the parser. Then all error recovery and syntax checking are provided by the parser. One side effect is I get a library of routines that can be as easily driven by a GUI like Glade etc... On the other hand, one of the things lacking in the package is a dependency on wget and some scripts to fetch the latest .tle files from configurable source sites. This would be a job I would be happy to let the new maintainer of the package design and build... Let me know if you're still interested and we can continue this discussion in private e-mail. Waiting is, Dwarf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- Forwarded message from "Dale C. Scheetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: "Dale C. Scheetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Need someone to take over two of my packages Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:37:55 +0100 To: Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031107 Debian/1.5-3 X-Accept-Language: en Martin Michlmayr wrote: >* Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-12 16:44]: > > >>>Seesat5 is a package I ported from DOS. There is no upstream other than >>>myself and I have several major >>>enhansements I would like to do on the package, but can not find both >>> >>> >>I've been looking for a reason to get active on the ham sats. I can >>take a whack at Seesat5. Forward you enhancement ideas and some might >>even get implemented :-) >> >> > >Patrick, you volunteered to take over seesat5 a month ago but so far >have not made an upload. Can you please at least change the >Maintainer: so it's clear that you are now responsible for the >package. > > He and I have done one round of e-mails, but I never really got a commitment from him. I may have scared him off with my list, or maybe he just puked when he saw the code ;-) This is a package that I brought to Debian way back when I joined up. I would really like a maintainer for it so I can begin to function as the upstream developer. The outstanding parser bug against this package hasn't been fixed because the only good way to fix it is to rebuild the parser. This requires reworking all the "command" subroutines and linking them to a lex/yacc parser. This is a major project for a package maintainer, as the packaging issues keep getting in the way of the big project... Anyway, if Patrick is still out there, and still interested, drop me a line and let's talk. Waiting is, Dwarf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
