Requesting a new package

[Michael R. Head]

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 20:48 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote:
> I've recently come across two GNU licensed Java based apps which I think
> would be great additions to the Ubuntu Repository and (GNU/Linux in
> general). Until recently/soon Java based apps haven't been very popular
> with Linux distributions because of Java being closed source - but now
> that it's open this problem is gone.
> 
> The two packages I'm thinking of are:
> 1.) FreeMind, a mind mapping tool: http://freemind.sourceforge.net

Freemind is in Debian's contrib repository. Seems like this should be
syncable:
http://packages.debian.org/freemind

> 2.) GanttProject, a project management tool: http://ganttproject.biz/

GanttProject isn't. File a bug like one of these:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=needs-packaging

> Freemind works fine in Ubuntu Feisty as it is, menu entry and all!
> 
> So, how do I request a new package? I can't find anything about it
> anywhere. I'm happy to learn to package them myself, but not just now
> and I still need to make a formal request.
> 
> Duncan
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