Bug#504058: Packaging Zotero in Debian

[Benj. Mako Hill]

retitle 504058 ITP: zotero -- program to collect, manage and cite bibliographic information
thanks

The conversation on this bug seemed to end two years ago with no
consensus on what to do. Some people suggested that it would be useful
to have the Zotero extension packaged in Debian. Others disagreed
basically because they don't think FireFox/IceWeasel extensions should
be packaged in Debian at all.

In any case, recent upstream developments with Zotero change the
situation. The next version of Zotero is being developed as a
standalone application. As a result, this version of Zotero certainly
should be packaged in Debian. I am a maintainer and very heavy Zotero
user and I am happy to do it.

There is currently an "alpha" version as Zotero Standalone. I'm going
to create packages for Zotero standalone and I'll follow up with a
link to them here. Probably when upstream releases a "beta", I will
upload those packages into Debian. I probably won't upload them
before.

Please contact me if you want to work on this or help, etc.

Regards,
Mako

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[Yaroslav Halchenko]

Hi Benjamin,

thanks for the update -- I did not know about standalone version being
under development. It would indeed indeed be nice to get it packaged
-- I am still Zotero user, thanks in advance

> Please contact me if you want to work on this or help, etc.

please accept etc == inspiration ;-)

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Benj. Mako Hill wrote:

> There is currently an "alpha" version as Zotero Standalone. I'm going
> to create packages for Zotero standalone and I'll follow up with a
> link to them here. Probably when upstream releases a "beta", I will
> upload those packages into Debian. I probably won't upload them
> before.

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[Tom Roche]

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504058#37

> The next version of Zotero is being developed as a standalone

> application [which] should be packaged in Debian.

Agreed.

> I am a maintainer and very heavy Zotero user and I am happy to do it.

Thanks.

> Please contact me if you want to work on this or help, etc.

I don't know much about Debian packaging, but I'd like to learn, and
could at least help test. You might also find useful my wiki page

http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/building_the_standalone_client

My forum entry

http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/15710

might also be useful for structuring communication with the Zotero devs
(they claim to read all forum posts).

hth, Tom Roche <Tom_...@pobox.com>