Re: CTK

Hi Fernando,

Am Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 05:26:57PM +0200 schrieb Fernando Hueso González:
> Hi, I am a researcher at IFIC, CSIC/University of Valencia, Spain, working
> on medical applications of physics.
> 
> I would be rather interested in adding CTK (commontk) back into Debian:

Nice.

> Right now, I was able to create a homebrew recipe building on mac and Linux:
> https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/297397/changes
> 
> Meaning the code builds easily form source and is well tested and regularly
> updated as seen by the git log.

I have no idea about Homebrew but I get the message that building seems to
be no problem on a decently modern system.
 
> I have never created Debian packages, so was wondering if someone wants to
> pick up this or alternatively guide me on how to approach it.

Probably you want to read this Wiki page

   https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/community/MoM/-/wikis/Mentoring-of-the-Month-(MoM)

;-) 


As a first step I have unarchived

   https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/ctk

I also did the following

  * Point Homepage and Source to Github
  * Add watch file and remove get-orig-source script since its unneeded

most other changes are automated by

  lintian-brush
  routine-update

I think its a *very good lesson* in learning clean Debian packaging to
inspect every single commit.  Your first step in the MoM-project could
be to ask detailed question if some of the commits are not clear to you.

Next steps are most probably (in no specific order)

  - Replace the Uploaders field in d/control by your ID
  - Check SOVERSION and rename libctk0.1 accordingly
  - Fix build issues - you can find a log in Salsa CI
      https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/ctk/-/pipelines/1148914
  - optional but very interesting: Write autopkgtest

I'd be very happy if we would manage to get this package back together.

Kind regards
    Andreas.