Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-02 Thread Milan P. Stanic
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 08:48, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02 2009, Milan P. Stanic wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 15:58, Karl Goetz wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:58:17 +0100 > >> "Dario Minnucci \(midget\)" wrote: > >> > * Package name: shc > >> > >> > shc's main purpose i

Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-02 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Manoj Srivastava] > Having said that, I am not advocating blocking this package (nor > am I advocating accepting it), I am just commenting on the arguments > being presented here. Indeed, the thing to do would probably be to provide both shc and an equivalent decompiler - assuming of c

Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Dec 02 2009, Milan P. Stanic wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 15:58, Karl Goetz wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:58:17 +0100 >> "Dario Minnucci \(midget\)" wrote: >> > * Package name: shc >> >> > shc's main purpose is to protect your shell scripts from >> > modification or inspection

Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-02 Thread Milan P. Stanic
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 15:58, Karl Goetz wrote: > On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:58:17 +0100 > "Dario Minnucci \(midget\)" wrote: > > * Package name: shc > > > shc's main purpose is to protect your shell scripts from > > modification or inspection. You can use it if you wish to > > distribute your

Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-01 Thread Dario Minnucci (midget)
Hi, I was looking for information about this package, but after BTS updated the bug report, I've found the package was previously included in Debian and was removed. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=327263 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508109 I can see now it'

Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-01 Thread Dario Minnucci (midget)
Hi Karl, Karl Goetz wrote: > On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:58:17 +0100 [snip] > > Does this mean its a tool to make software no longer DFSG compatible? > seems a bit odd to include in Debian. > kk > I understand your point of view, but this utility can be used as well as a mechanism to keep certain

Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 05:58 +0100, Dario Minnucci (midget) wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: "Dario Minnucci (midget)" > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > * Package name: shc > Version : 3.8.6 > Upstream Author : Francisco Javier Rosales G

Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-01 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:58:17 +0100 "Dario Minnucci \(midget\)" wrote: > * Package name: shc > shc's main purpose is to protect your shell scripts from > modification or inspection. You can use it if you wish to > distribute your scripts but don't want them to be easily > readable by othe

Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-01 Thread Dario Minnucci (midget)
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Dario Minnucci (midget)" -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 * Package name: shc Version : 3.8.6 Upstream Author : Francisco Javier Rosales García * URL : http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/~frosal/ * License : GPL