Message for FTP master:
The current rpmstrap package is based on newer version which has debootstrap
code removed, so it does not contain any controversial code. Additionaly, the
author of deboostrap is mentioned in rpmstrap's documentation.
The entry from SVN repo log:
r163 | sam | 2005-09-12
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 06:00:07PM +, Sam Hart wrote:
> Ok, I went back to the source of the problem. Back in Feb 2005 there
> was some development done in IRC between myself and another
> contributor. [...] I have since
> confronted him on this and he admits that the code was from "an
> an
Ok, I went back to the source of the problem. Back in Feb 2005 there
was some development done in IRC between myself and another
contributor. This contributor supplied me with some stubbed out
conditional code that I took as is. This is why things like
"JUST_PRINT_RPMS" and "ADDITIONAL" could b
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 02:19:09PM -0500, Sam Hart wrote:
> It actually was not my decision to GPLv2 it. I honestly didn't care what
> license it was released under. GPLv2 was just what the original base as
> written by Branden Robinson was copyrighted under.
> > > 1) Identical command-lin
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 04:41 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> Looking at rpmstrap-0.1, we see the following code for handling options:
> debootstrap uses the exact same code, except to say "usage_err
> 1 NEEDSUITETARGET" instead of "usage_error" and with two-space
> indentation. The usual way to parse
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 04:41:26AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> Looking at rpmstrap-0.1, we see the following code for handling options:
Also copied was debootstrap's --arch and --include handling; even
duplicating the bug where you have to say "--arch i386" (with a space)
and "--include=foo,bar"
Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > Looking at the source it seems more "based on" than "inspired by",
> > > particular to "rpmstrap" itself, though the "functions" and "scripts/*"
> > > files sure seem more derivative than just coincidently similar. If
> > > so, it's in violation of debootstrap's license (
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:12:31PM -0500, Sam Hart wrote:
> To be completely honest with you, I've not looked much at the
> debootstrap code before now. I have tried to mimic debootstrap's
> interface without a doubt, but have only done so by *using* debootstrap
> rather than snooping in its code.
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 12:12 -0500, Sam Hart wrote:
> For what it's worth, rpmstrap as it is today is actually based on a tool
> developed in house at Progeny. This tool could only bootstrap Fedora
> Core 2 at a specific revision. Looking at that code now and comparing it
> to what I see inside of d
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 20:56 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:08:04PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
> > * Package name: rpmstrap
> > Version : 0.5
> > * URL : http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/
> > * License : GPL
> > Description
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:08:04PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
> * Package name: rpmstrap
> Version : 0.5
> * URL : http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/
> * License : GPL
> Description : bootstrap a basic RPM-based system
>
> rpmstrap is a tool for
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Piotr Roszatycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: rpmstrap
Version : 0.5
* URL : http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/
* License : GPL
Description : bootstrap a basic RPM-based system
rpmstrap is a tool for b
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