how to get stuff added to repositories?

[brickbat]

Hi.

There is a program I would like added to the repository. It is a desktop based translation tool - very useful.

It is called Gnome Translator (http://jodrell.net/projects/translator)

An alternative is TransJ (http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=390)

ciao
bb

[Bob D.]

Gnome Translator isn't under active development and hasn't had an update since December 2003. Doubt that is going to make the cut for getting into a repository, Ubuntu's or Debian's.

Transj is a GPL Java app. But since it relies on Java, a license incumbered application, this one isn't going to make it into a Ubuntu or Debian repository either. You might convince jdong to add it to the Backports project.

But it looks like it comes with a simple install script...why not just install it that way and be done with it?

Bob

[UbuWu]

I was wondering too what is the best place to aks for programs to be added to the repositories.

[mendicant]

Look here, and also post to the development list:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/SeedManagement