Re: Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 02:19:09PM -0500, Sam Hart wrote: > It actually was not my decision to GPLv2 it. I honestly didn't care what > license it was released under. GPLv2 was just what the original base as > written by Branden Robinson was copyrighted under. > > > 1) Identical command-lin

Re: Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-12 Thread Sam Hart
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 04:41 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Looking at rpmstrap-0.1, we see the following code for handling options: > debootstrap uses the exact same code, except to say "usage_err > 1 NEEDSUITETARGET" instead of "usage_error" and with two-space > indentation. The usual way to parse

Re: Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 04:41:26AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Looking at rpmstrap-0.1, we see the following code for handling options: Also copied was debootstrap's --arch and --include handling; even duplicating the bug where you have to say "--arch i386" (with a space) and "--include=foo,bar"

Re: Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-12 Thread Branden Robinson
Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Looking at the source it seems more "based on" than "inspired by", > > > particular to "rpmstrap" itself, though the "functions" and "scripts/*" > > > files sure seem more derivative than just coincidently similar. If > > > so, it's in violation of debootstrap's license (

Re: Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:12:31PM -0500, Sam Hart wrote: > To be completely honest with you, I've not looked much at the > debootstrap code before now. I have tried to mimic debootstrap's > interface without a doubt, but have only done so by *using* debootstrap > rather than snooping in its code.

Re: Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-12 Thread Sam Hart
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 12:12 -0500, Sam Hart wrote: > For what it's worth, rpmstrap as it is today is actually based on a tool > developed in house at Progeny. This tool could only bootstrap Fedora > Core 2 at a specific revision. Looking at that code now and comparing it > to what I see inside of d

Re: Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-12 Thread Sam Hart
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 20:56 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:08:04PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > > * Package name: rpmstrap > > Version : 0.5 > > * URL : http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/ > > * License : GPL > > Description

Re: Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:08:04PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > * Package name: rpmstrap > Version : 0.5 > * URL : http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/ > * License : GPL > Description : bootstrap a basic RPM-based system > > rpmstrap is a tool for

Bug#327081: ITP: rpmstrap -- bootstrap a basic RPM-based system

2005-09-07 Thread Piotr Roszatycki
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Piotr Roszatycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: rpmstrap Version : 0.5 * URL : http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/ * License : GPL Description : bootstrap a basic RPM-based system rpmstrap is a tool for b