Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-31 Thread Petr Cerny
Marcus Rueckert wrote: > On 2007-07-31 13:35:59 +0200, Petr Cerny wrote: >> Johannes Meixner wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> On Jul 30 17:26 Juergen Weigert wrote (shortened): The point in having /usr/share/doc/licenses is that this establishes one single location where all licenses used in a

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-31 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Jul 31 13:45 Marcus Rueckert wrote (shortened): > i dont see an issue of having a documentation packaging around that > carries all used licenses. as a comparison: should an RFC package only > install the files, which contain infos about my installed services? Don't mix up usual docume

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-31 Thread Marcus Rueckert
On 2007-07-31 13:35:59 +0200, Petr Cerny wrote: > Johannes Meixner wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On Jul 30 17:26 Juergen Weigert wrote (shortened): > >> The point in having /usr/share/doc/licenses is that this establishes > >> one single location where all licenses used in a product are visible. > >

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-31 Thread Petr Cerny
Johannes Meixner wrote: > Hello, > > On Jul 30 17:26 Juergen Weigert wrote (shortened): >> The point in having /usr/share/doc/licenses is that this establishes >> one single location where all licenses used in a product are visible. > > Might this cause confusion for some users when they find out

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-31 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Jul 30 17:26 Juergen Weigert wrote (shortened): > The point in having /usr/share/doc/licenses is that this establishes > one single location where all licenses used in a product are visible. Might this cause confusion for some users when they find out that they have many special licens

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-30 Thread Juergen Weigert
On Jul 29, 07 00:28:32 +0200, Christian Boltz wrote: > I'd propose to put only licenses that are used at least by 10 packages > in the licenses package. This solves several problems: > - the non-existing space saving effect I mentioned above > - the risk of having to keep old licenses (as mentione

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-29 Thread Christian Boltz
Hello, on Sonntag, 29. Juli 2007, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > Christian Boltz wrote: > > Hello, > > ... > > You mentioned an interesting point: Licenses used just for one > > package. IMHO it's pointless to move them to the licenses package > > because you can't save any space - you only can waste it if

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-29 Thread Lukas Ocilka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Boltz wrote: > Hello, > ... > You mentioned an interesting point: Licenses used just for one package. > IMHO it's pointless to move them to the licenses package because you > can't save any space - you only can waste it if the package with t

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-28 Thread Christian Boltz
Hello, on Mittwoch, 25. Juli 2007, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > After our discussion with JSrain we decided to write to packages with > just another issue about licenses.rpm. > > The current RPM content size (unpacked) is quite big > du -sh /usr/share/doc/licenses/ -> 3.9 MB > > This package-size is a bi

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-26 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Robert Schiele wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 02:27:13PM +0200, Lukas Ocilka wrote: >> We are asking for your opinion whether it even makes sense to invest >> (waste) some time in this area ;) > > You should consider one big warning here: If you have only one license package > you can just add l

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-25 Thread Robert Schiele
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 02:27:13PM +0200, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > We are asking for your opinion whether it even makes sense to invest > (waste) some time in this area ;) You should consider one big warning here: If you have only one license package you can just add licenses there and basically neve

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-25 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Marcus Rueckert wrote: > On 2007-07-25 14:07:07 +0200, Lukas Ocilka wrote: >> After our discussion with JSrain we decided to write to packages with >> just another issue about licenses.rpm. >> >> The current RPM content size (unpacked) is quite big >> du -sh /usr/share/doc/licenses/ -> 3.9 MB > >

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-25 Thread Marcus Rueckert
On 2007-07-25 14:07:07 +0200, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > After our discussion with JSrain we decided to write to packages with > just another issue about licenses.rpm. > > The current RPM content size (unpacked) is quite big > du -sh /usr/share/doc/licenses/ -> 3.9 MB how much space do we save with no

[opensuse-packaging] Split licenses.rpm (based on 'Building packages with linking a license from licenses.rpm')

2007-07-25 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Moin, After our discussion with JSrain we decided to write to packages with just another issue about licenses.rpm. The current RPM content size (unpacked) is quite big du -sh /usr/share/doc/licenses/ -> 3.9 MB This package-size is a bit disputable when talking about saving-space ;) Actually it i