:) > > > Unfortunately some part of the scid (data files) has > > rather restrictive licence and can't be included in Fedora > > (and many other distributions). > > Yes, this is an issue with Debian as well. Actually, one of > the reasons why I'd prefer to split the scid package into > the core and the additional files. The current packaging on > the other hand is AFAIK easier for Pascal to handle. >
For Debian I have removed the Tablebases, books, bases, engines and also the Pocket (perhaps this was not necessary but its not needed). > > Is it reasonable to put precompiled binaries for popular > > distributions on the sf project page? > > IMHO the best way would be for scid to make it into the > Fedora distribution. The other way would be an easy way to > build the Fedora RPM from the scid source. Do you see a way > to get this? Something like configure --fedora or the like > that results in an RPM in the end? (Willem: --debian would > be another target.) a ./configure --debian is not a big problem. Just convert --debian into the input parameters ;). Another problem is that I had to adjust the makefile.conf and start.tcl because the Debian policy wont allow to install in /usr/local. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
