Question about debian/copyright

2006-04-19 Thread Miriam Ruiz
Hi, I have a doubt related to debian/copyright. In policy it is said that Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright.. I've always interpreted this in the sense that every binary package must be

Re: Question about debian/copyright

2006-04-19 Thread Frank Küster
Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More concisely, is debian/copyright supposed to include the copyright and license of the contents of the binary package in which it is contained, or the source package from which it is generated? Take into account that the source package already contains

building rpms on debian system?

2006-04-19 Thread Ek Zindagoi
Hi, I would like to build rpms on a debian system for use on a redhat system. Can I do that on a debian system ? Even if I wanted to install the RPM on a debain system, can I run the rpmbuild -bb command on a debian system and successfully build an RPM ? Thanks for your help. Dhanvi

Anonymous P2P Application: Marabunta

2006-04-19 Thread apeiron.laotracara.com
Hello. I have created a debian package for an anonymous P2P application called Marabunta : http://marabunta.laotracara.com/english.php The application is entirely under the GPL license. All the files generated for the debian package can be found at: http://marabunta.laotracara.com/debian/ I

Re: building rpms on debian system?

2006-04-19 Thread Ted Percival
Ek Zindagoi wrote: I would like to build rpms on a debian system for use on a redhat system. Can I do that on a debian system ? Even if I wanted to install the RPM on a debain system, can I run the rpmbuild -bb command on a debian system and successfully build an RPM You can certainly

Re: Question about debian/copyright

2006-04-19 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 05:07:37PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More concisely, is debian/copyright supposed to include the copyright and license of the contents of the binary package in which it is contained, or the source package from which it is

Q on fixed-in-experimental

2006-04-19 Thread Neil Williams
When a bug is tagged fixed-in-experimental, does that bug number still have to appear in debian/changelog for the next upload to unstable or will the BTS be updated when the package in experimental is replaced? I know how to filter the BTS to show bugs with these tags, just wondering if it's

Re: Anonymous P2P Application: Marabunta

2006-04-19 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le Mercredi 19 Avril 2006 20:33, apeiron.laotracara.com a écrit : Hello. Hi! I have created a debian package for an anonymous P2P application called Marabunta : http://marabunta.laotracara.com/english.php The application is entirely under the GPL license. All the files generated

Re: Q on fixed-in-experimental

2006-04-19 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 00:14 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: When a bug is tagged fixed-in-experimental, does that bug number still have to appear in debian/changelog for the next upload to unstable or will the BTS be updated when the package in experimental is replaced? It has to appear in

Re: Anonymous P2P Application: Marabunta

2006-04-19 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le Jeudi 20 Avril 2006 02:12, Romain Beauxis a écrit : -- The package does not have a copyright file at all! Well in fact it is in .orig tarball, but is specific to debian. It should then not belong on it.. Romain -- Why do they fight against the poor youth of today? 'Cause without these

RFS: checkinstall

2006-04-19 Thread Felipe Sateler
After some discussion on the package[1], I modified a few bits of it, so I am re-asking for sponsors. As I said last time, any suggestions/comments/critics are greatly appreciated. The package is at http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/checkinstall/ [1]

Re: Q on fixed-in-experimental

2006-04-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:18:15AM +0200, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 00:14 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: When a bug is tagged fixed-in-experimental, does that bug number still have to appear in debian/changelog for the next upload to unstable or will the BTS be updated