Re: Gaia Sky

Hi Mike, Toni,

sure, I'd be happy to have Gaia Sky in Debian! For the Debian team where 
it would fit, I would agree that both fit. Maybe use Debian Edu as 
"maintainer", and put Debian Astro as "uploader" (or vice versa).

If you (Toni) is interested in packaging it, and you (Mike) willing to 
sponsor, having Eebian Edu as primary would probably the best; in any 
case I am also willing to help and/or sponsor.

Best

Ole

Am 31.10.23 um 08:32 schrieb Mike Gabriel:
> 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