.. Some common terms as links outside and abbreviations
.. _FOSS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_Open_Source_Software
.. |FOSS| replace:: :abbr:`FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)`
+.. _DFSG: http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
+.. |DFSG| replace:: :abbr:`DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines)`
.. Homepages
.. _yoh: http://www.onerussian.com
Packaging FreeSurfer
********************
+:ref:`FreeSurfer <pkg_freesurfer>` is a set of tools for analysis and
+visualization of structural and functional brain imaging data. It contains a
+fully automatic structural stream for processing cross sectional and
+longitudinal data. Packaging of FreeSurfer for Debian is a part of our
+general efforts to provide comprehensive neuro-imaging research support.
+
Status
------
-We are in contact with Freesurfer developers and are awaiting the resolution of
-legal issues that currently prevent legal redistribution of FreeSurfer.
+The majority of FreeSurfer 5.1.0 has been released under seems to be
+|DFSG|-compliant |FOSS| license terms on 24 May 2011. We have started working
+on packaging. Following has been done
+
+* modularization of the FreeSurfer distribution into code and data components
+
+* FreeSurfer 5.1.0 |FOSS| code made available from our `FreeSurfer GitHub
+ <https://github.com/neurodebian/freesurfer>`_ repository
+
+* :file:`debian/patches` contains a series of patches primarily to
+
+ - rely on system-provided libraries where applicable
+ - in general replace static inclusion with dynamic linking thus
+ greatly decreasing size of distributed binaries and making deployment more modular
-This project will continue as soon as the Freesurfer source code is available
-under |FOSS| license terms.
+.. todo:: FreeSurfer packaging
-..
- .. todo::
+ * Collect and provide all required libraries to link against
+ * Decide on further separation in to binary packages
+ * Decide on how to ship "freesurfer-cuda" (depends on non-free materials,
+ so cannot be build by the source in Debian `main` component)
+ * Investigate possibility to deprecate/replace functionality dependent on
+ antique libraries which might have been or soon will be removed from
+ Debian (e.g. xview)
-..
- References
- ----------
+References
+----------
- <references>
+* http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/NextGenCode
.. include:: link_names.txt
* Finish packaging of fieldtrip which is necessary to complete the packaging
of SPM.
- * Adapt the packaging of `dynare <http://packages.debian.org/sid/dynare-matlab>`_
- in Debian to use the new support package. Once this is done and reviewed by
- its maintainers the support package can be submitted for inclusion into
- Debian proper.
* Create :ref:`matlab-psychtoolbox-3 <pkg_matlab-psychtoolbox-3>` to
complement :ref:`octave-psychtoolbox-3 <pkg_octave-psychtoolbox-3>`.
* Create :ref:`matlab-biosig <pkg_matlab-biosig>` to
complement :ref:`octave-biosig <pkg_octave-biosig>`.
* Package `EEGLAB <http://bugs.debian.org/605739>`_.
+
+.. note:: Done:
+
+ * Adapt the packaging of `dynare <http://packages.debian.org/sid/dynare-matlab>`_
+ in Debian to use the new support package. Once this is done and reviewed by
+ its maintainers the support package can be submitted for inclusion into
+ Debian proper.
* Upload :ref:`libgdf <pkg_libgdf-dev>` (including :ref:`matlab-gdf
<pkg_matlab-gdf>`) to Debian proper as soon as :ref:`matlab-support
<pkg_matlab-support>` is accepted