Planned Debian package for VIBes

[rlaboiss]

First of all, I apologize for abusing of the Issues system at GitHub for getting in touch with the upstream authors of VIBes.

I would like just to let you know that I am planning to package VIBes for Debian. The package is being maintained in a Git repository.

I am currently applying a patch to the source files, in order to build the shared library for writing clients in C++. You might include something along these lines in your code. BTW, a sensible point here is the use of a meaningful value for SOVERSION (which, in my patch is set to 0.0.1).

Also, I have contributed with a man page for VIBES-viewer. The corresponding VIBes-viewer.1 file can be obtained using pandoc, with the command in debian/rules.

[nicolaje]

Dear Rafael, thank you for your update.

Out of curiosity, what do you use VIBes for :) ?

[rlaboiss]

I do not really use VIBes, yet. It happens that, in the realm of the Debian Octave Group, we have packaged octave-vibes for Debian in the past and, only recently, we noticed that the package was useless without the VIBes server. Hence, the proposal for packaging it for Debian.

BTW, I need a clarification on the licensing terms of VIBes. The files COPYING and COPYING.LESSER have been recently added to the repository (73cea9a) and are absent from the 0.2.3 tarball. Could you please confirm which are the licensing terms for that version?

[rlaboiss]

I am revisiting this issue, almost two years later!

The vibes package was accepted in Debian at the end of 2023.

I think that this issue can now be closed, but I would like to make a request. Could you please update the copyright notices in your project's files? They seem really outdated, with the latest year being 2017. I am afraid I am shipping wrong information in the Debian package.

[rlaboiss]

I uploaded version 0.3.4+dfsg-1 of the Debian package for VIBes.

I kindly reiterate my request for the updated Copyright information.

[godardma]

Dear Rafael,

Thanks you for your work and for this update.

Regarding the Copyright : Many people contributed to VIBes (11 according to github) and other may join in the future. We then suggest to only notify the "VIBes Team" as a contributor instead of listing them.Those who want a detailed list of contributors can consult this repository for more details.