Non-free question
I'm considering packaging BET, a 128-bit blowfish-encrypted talk daemon. However, it relies on a non-DFSG complian library, even though the program itself is GPL. I'm presuming BET should therefore go into non-free, and I should also package the library itself. Is this correct? If so, are there any key changes I need to make to a package to get it ready for non-free? ~Warren Stramiello -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Non-free question
Sorry, didn't clarify. I should package the library for non-free and the bet for contrib, correct? ~Warren Stramiello -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Non-free question
I'm considering packaging BET, a 128-bit blowfish-encrypted talk daemon. However, it relies on a non-DFSG complian library, even though the program itself is GPL. I'm presuming BET should therefore go into non-free, and I should also package the library itself. Is this correct? If so, are there any key changes I need to make to a package to get it ready for non-free? ~Warren Stramiello
Re: Non-free question
Sorry, didn't clarify. I should package the library for non-free and the bet for contrib, correct? ~Warren Stramiello
NM Woes
Hi, I'm just wondering if someone can find out for me what else I need to do to get through the DAM approval phase; eg, what the holdup is. I hate even to be asking this question since I'm sure the DAM folks are busy with other things than just approving folks in queue, and I'm aware they're volunteers. I was just wondering is it usual for a person to be in the queue since the first week of January, and if there's anything I can do to help them in the process. Note I am not complaining, since I realize they are volunteers with other things to do than simply create accounts all day. But I would like to know who to contact to ask how I can help speed the process along. And since I'm in the hospital with lymphomatic cancer, I've got time to work on my packages ;-) ~Warren Stramiello
Re: NM Woes
Unfortunately, it's not that uncommon, although that is a bit long. At this rate, it'll take less time to develop stage four cancer, get treatment, and recover, than it took to become a Debian Developer ;-) I should submit that to the webpage folks so they can put that catchy phrase on the NM page if I ever get in. *grin* Have you asked your application manager what the hold-up is? Usually there's some reason if it goes this long. Maybe the DAM asked him a question which he hasn't answered? Asked several months back, it seemed the queue was just going slowly. I sent him another query today. My AM is Falk, and he rocked in getting me through the rest of the process. Luckily I'm at Georgia Tech so there were some developers here to sign my GPG key, which sped matters considerably. That sucks. Well, you can still work on your packages. If you need a sponser, you can contact me. Since you've passed all but the DAM approval stage, I'd hope you wouldn't need this much longer. The hospital does suck, but not so bad since I managed to convince the hospital IT department to drop a 100bt line into my room, which they did the *same day* I requested it. Admittedly I had to flaunt my gov't clearance to prove to them I wasn't a threat to their network, but at least the connect is decent when the nurses aren't chain-downloading from napster. I haven't been able to touch my packages recently due to the lack of a computer/connection, so I'm kinda dusting them off now to see how badly in disarray they are, and which ones to concentrate on maintaining and which ones to orphan since chemo tends to knock my conscious time down a little. Some of them are kinda redundant with packages in Debian already, such as my maintenance of VFTP, a secure FTP server based off of OpenBSDFTP. I was just wondering if that's cool, or if the redundancy is stupid... ~Warren
