On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 05:10:04PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> Shaun Jackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Perhaps that's true -- I must do a little reading. However, if you
> > upload a package to contrib that build-depends on a package not in
> > contrib or non-free, you'll get a FTBFS RC bu
On Thursday 28 October 2004 15:15, Thaddeus H. Black wrote:
> Hello Oded.
>
>
>
> Again, good luck. If and when you find an
> appropriate sponsor, let me know the good news.
Wow, honestly, that was some damn great advice...
And it does sound very accurate and I do understand it. I don't know if
Shaun Jackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps that's true -- I must do a little reading. However, if you
> upload a package to contrib that build-depends on a package not in
> contrib or non-free, you'll get a FTBFS RC bug filed against you
> before you blink.
Are there any (inofficial) bui
> However, if you
> upload a package to contrib that build-depends on a package not in
> contrib or non-free, you'll get a FTBFS RC bug filed against you
> before you blink.
Hmm, I didn't, back in the days when regina-normal built against java2
(which wasn't in the archive at the time). Though t
* Erik Schanze [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:31:35 +0200]:
> If your program depends on MPlayer, it must go into non-free.
> If your program depends on a program in non-free, it must go into contrib.
> But MPlayer isn't even in non-free.
not exactly. packages in contrib can depend on packages not availa
On Thursday 28 October 2004 01:57, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> > A package in main must not depend on any software outside of main, and
> > must be DFSG-free; A package in contrib must be DFSG-free; A package in
> > non-free must be legally distributable by Debian.
> >
> > There are no further restricti
> That's not true. There are many packages in contrib which do not have
> all their dependencies in non-free. E.g., the bunch of java packages
> which do not work with anything but a non-free java compiler -- a java
> compiler which Debian itself cannot distribute (and therefor is not in
> non-free
> According to that, MPlayer doesn't need to be in the Debian archives for my
> program to be in contrib!...
Yes, that's true. Please note that a package called `mozilla-mplayer' [0] is
in the Debian archive.
[0] http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/mozilla-mplayer
*/ Christoffer Sawicki <[
Oded Shimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wednesday 27 October 2004 05:23, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> OK, either I am misreading, or you just prooved me right:
> > * free packages which require [..] packages which are not in our archive at
> > all for compilation or execution
>
> My program == free prog
> Yup, thats exactly what I thought. In which case, my program does have a
> chance to be in contrib. which brings me to my original question, what should
> I do to find a sponsor?... I believe I've maxed out my available resources...
It might be that you need to wait until you've gone through
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 11:05, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> That's not true. There are many packages in contrib which do not have
> all their dependencies in non-free. E.g., the bunch of java packages
> which do not work with anything but a non-free java compiler -- a java
> compiler which Debian
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:52:58PM +0200, Oded Shimon wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 October 2004 22:37, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> > For your package to go in contrib, your dependency -- mplayer -- must
> > exist in non-free.
> Really? I didn't know this.
That's not true. There are many packages in contrib w
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 05:23, Daniel Burrows wrote:
>
> That's not surprising. Policy says (section 2.2.2, "The contrib
> section"):
>
> Examples of packages which would be included in contrib or non-US/contrib
> are:
>
> * free packages which require contrib, non-free packages or pack
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 04:52 pm, Oded Shimon wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 October 2004 22:37, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> > For your package to go in contrib, your dependency -- mplayer -- must
> > exist in non-free.
>
> Really? I didn't know this.
That's not surprising. Policy says (section 2.2.2, "T
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 00:00, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> Sorry, no link. The basic issue, though, is that MPEG 1/2/4 encoding
> is encumbered by patents.
OK, so my question is, what about xine? How come xine can be in Debian? AFAIK
xine can open mpeg1 mpeg2 and mpeg4.
> > Wait, when you said th
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 22:37, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> For your package to go in contrib, your dependency -- mplayer -- must
> exist in non-free.
Really? I didn't know this.
> Due to patent issues, mplayer cannot go in non-free
I've heard of that.. if possible, I'm curious what the "issues" are
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