Re: Gaia Sky

Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:32:50 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.skolelinux.devel,gmane.linux.debian.devel.education
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Hi Toni,

On  Do 19 Okt 2023 09:01:19 CEST, Toni Sagristà Sellés wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am the developer of Gaia Sky  
> (https://zah.uni-heidelberg.de/gaia/outreach/gaiasky), a free and  
> open-source astronomy visualization software (3D Universe-like). The  
> most important feature of Gaia Sky is that it supports catalogs of  
> over a billion objects in real time.
>
> We offer already a .deb package for download in our website.
>
> A long time ago, there were attempts to bring Gaia Sky to the  
> official Debian repos (see  
> https://codeberg.org/gaiasky/gaiasky/issues/39). The discussion was  
> initiated by Ole Streicher, but sadly nothing ever materialized.
>
> Do you think there's still interest to make it happen? Would Gaia  
> Sky be a good candidate for Debian Edu Astronomy?
>
> Regards,
> Toni

also a reply from me.

It is always good if Debian package maintainers have a personal  
interest in the software to be packaged. As you seem to have that, you  
are probably the first/best candidate to pick up the packaging task  
for the initial, official Debian upload. Also, count me in as a  
possible sponsor / coach for getting the packaging of Gaya Sky  
polished enough for the initial upload.

Does a debian/ folder for the software already exist? How did you  
create the .deb packages? If the debian/ folder is available, is it  
published somewhere, e.g. on codeberg.org?

Also Cc:ing Ole on this, maybe he still has interest in the  
software... The software is suitable for team maintenance by the  
Debian Edu Packaging Team, but also suitable for packaging under the  
umbrella of the Debian Astronomy team.

@Ole: can you give feedback? Are you still interested?

light+love
Mike
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