Re: maintaining externals not found on deken

Hi, anyone can just upload packages, you don't need to claim maintenance
for that if you didn't touch the code and it's the same exact version as
previously available :)

Em ter., 7 de abr. de 2026 às 11:39, Fede Camara Halac <[email protected]>
escreveu:

> Hi,
>
> I have a question about externals that are not found on deken. For example
> the [boids] external whose code is in the pd extended repo on gitlab [*],
> and it is not available for the latest macos.
>
> What would be an acceptable way get it to deken? I can naturally get it,
> compile it, and use it. But, I want to know about best practices to making
> it available to others. Do I just do it myself and "claim" maintenance if
> the license allows it? do I ask someone else? to whom do I ask? what's the
> workflow if any?
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
>
> [*]
> https://gitlab.com/pd-extended/pd-extended/-/tree/a965f14f62be941631f43c1dfbe660a65e488a41/externals/boids
>
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