Bob> The changelog for mirror 2.8-15 included:
Bob>
Bob> * Applied patch by Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to allow restarts
Bob> on partially downloaded files (fixes #19239)
Bob>
Bob> I would like to see this feature continued if it isn't in 2.9-1
Bob> by default.
Looks l
Bob> Perhaps you could persuade the author to add support for restarts
Bob> on partially downloaded files, and any other desirable patches that
Bob> are not included in 2.9.
I haven't had time to check the documentation. This might be implemented in
2.9. I'd be grateful if you could te
Hi,
What new and improved features would we forego if you released a
mirror28 package? I guess I will have to install 2.9 to see if I'm
happy with it.
Perhaps you could persuade the author to add support for restarts
on partially downloaded files, and any other desirable patches that
ar
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Clarification, I said:
> [ Otherwise, I could distribute my "unmodified" pine396-src package in
> main, which would be clearly against DFSG ].
Really, this was not a good example, because pine copyright would
still say "No commercial use of these trademarks".
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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> Santiago> Does this mean the modified-for-Debian "mirror" may not be
> Santiago> distributed inside the .deb binary package?
>
> Well, in mirror_2.9-1, all files by Lee are unmodified. No patches yet ...
Yes,
"Dirk" == Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dirk> Note that the license currently states that distributing
Dirk> modified versions of mirror is not koscher.
I fretted at first, then noticed what it prohibited was distributing
modified "code", not modified "binaries" as pine demands.
Bob> I would like to see this feature continued if it isn't in 2.9-1
Bob> by default.
Note that the license currently states that distributing modified versions of
mirror is not koscher.
There were way more patches, big and small. Maybe I should release a
mirror28 package which preserv
Santiago> Does this mean the modified-for-Debian "mirror" may not be
Santiago> distributed inside the .deb binary package?
Well, in mirror_2.9-1, all files by Lee are unmodified. No patches yet ...
Marcelo> Isn't that distributing modified bynaries? I mean, you are not
Marcelo> distrib
>
> A new mirror_2.9-1 is now on master. The copyright has changed (see below),
> and should be fine with us. Or is the 'changes must be distributed as
> patches' policy too restrictive for us?
>
> So here's the copyright:
>
>
>Copyright _ 1990 - 1998 Lee McLoughlin
>
>Permission to us
Hi,
> This new release is fresh code, and I won't pull out all the patches
> we applied against mirror_2.8. Let me know if there is a feature in
> 2.8 that you really miss. I could make a 'retro' package mirror28 of
> the old release.
The changelog for mirror 2.8-15 included:
* Applied p
On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 04:27:48PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> Does this mean the modified-for-Debian "mirror" may not be distributed
> inside the .deb binary package?
Isn't that distributing modified bynaries? I mean, you are not distributing
the .orig.tar.gz, but something different (with add
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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to
>distribute the modified code. Modifications are to be distributed as
>patches to released version.
Mmm, wait a moment...
Does this mea
Santiago> BTW: Will this new mirror be in hamm? [ Maybe it should ].
It is a new upstream version which is incompatible with the deep freeze.
We should test it thoroughly first. Hence the quick upload yesterday.
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mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] According to the latest official figure
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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> A new mirror_2.9-1 is now on master. The copyright has changed (see below),
> and should be fine with us. Or is the 'changes must be distributed as
> patches' policy too restrictive for us?
It is allowed, as an "ex
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