Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread andy.grafham
Is there any way of requesting the BTS to move a package from Requested to Can't be packaged? I was investigating packaging VisualBoyAdvance a gameboy advance emulator, but it looks like license problems will make it impossible to include in debian. Cheers Andy

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi andy.grafham! You wrote: Is there any way of requesting the BTS to move a package from Requested to Can't be packaged? I was investigating packaging VisualBoyAdvance a gameboy advance emulator, but it looks like license problems will make it impossible to include in debian. AFAIK, there

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Leo \Costela\ Antunes
I second that. But maybe we still need a canonical list of problematic packages, and the CBP status would only be aplicable to inform wannabe packagers that there's an ongoing analysis on the packagability of that software. On second thought, I'm not sure it would be worth it, but I like the

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? Why not simply close the bug and give an explanation? --

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 02:23:29PM +0200, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: ___ / Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: / Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? Why not simply close the bug and give an explanation? Because - when it really cannot

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:21:56 +, andy.grafha wrote: Is there any way of requesting the BTS to move a package from Requested to Can't be packaged? I was investigating packaging VisualBoyAdvance a gameboy advance emulator, but it looks like license problems will make it impossible to

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 04:41:27PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Arnaud Vandyck wrote: / Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? Why not simply close