X-Mew-Uidl: 1342 3594 Return-Path: X-Original-To: andrewdo@frdcsa.org Delivered-To: andrewdo@frdcsa.org Received: by frdcsa.org (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 98F98DB40B8; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 02:39:59 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on al.frdcsa.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=failed version=3.2.3 Received: from mailout1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (mailout1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.12]) by frdcsa.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 136F8DB40B3 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 02:39:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.model.in.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6582B073; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:38:43 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new/clamav/sophos at mail.model.in.tum.de Received: from mail.model.in.tum.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (calf.model [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DZR2GKackgkI; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:38:41 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail.model.in.tum.de (Postfix, from userid 8) id 71F9C2B075; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:38:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from post.in.tum.de (bull.model [192.168.248.166]) by mail.model.in.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F3E82B073; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:38:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (post.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.22.43]) (Authenticated sender: tautschn) by post.in.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E684359DD6; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:38:31 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <20080102083833.GA2141@l03.local> References: <20080101.204445.26131271.andrewdo@frdcsa.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20080101.204445.26131271.andrewdo@frdcsa.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Debian-AI From: Michael Tautschnig To: Andrew Dougherty Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:38:34 +0100 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Mew: No his/her public key: ID = 0x76D52AC4 [...] > > I am requesting comment on this approach, review of my project, and > looking for guidance. Though I have tried for 7 years, I have not > been able to make the breakthrough into the community (most likely > owing to a lack of social skills). I tried to discuss this project on > the Debian channels, where they suggested I post to the Debian-devel > mailing list. > > Would there be any interest in a Debian-AI sub-project? > Hmmm, I kind of fail to see the exact point: Are you really proposing a sub-project related to AI software (like Debian-Med is for medical tools), or are you rather proposing an AI approach to selecting and packaging any software? Judging from the beginning of your post I was tempted to think of the latter, but suggesting an AI sub-project seems something pretty different from that. Further, your repository mainly contains AI-related tools, but also some unrelated software. Could you/somebody else clarify this a little? Best, Michael