9:21 a.m.
I was just wondering -- is there a policy on using bits of Debian
packages in Fedora packages? As a concrete example, if Debian has
already packaged a Java library and has written a build.xml file
(essentially, a Makefile) for building it, am I allowed to include
that file in my package? Should I apply the whole Debian patch
(complete with upstream URL) and then copy the build.xml to where it
needs to be, or can I just grab the build.xml file itself and include
it as a source?
Thanks for any suggestions,
MEF
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11:01 a.m.
>>>> "MEF" == Mary Ellen Foster
<mefoster(a)gmail.com> writes:
MEF> I was just wondering -- is there a policy on using bits of Debian
MEF> packages in Fedora packages?
Why wouldn't you? Unless those bits are somehow non-free (which would
be surprising given their source) or somehow something else restricts
you from using them, you should try to make things as easy as possible
on yourself and not duplicate work needlessly.
Do credit the original source in comments in your spec even if you can't
provide a full URL, just so folks who know where it came from if they
happen to look at the package.
- J<
11:05 a.m.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 03:21:23PM +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
I was just wondering -- is there a policy on using bits of Debian
packages in Fedora packages?
You mean a policy like "Not stealing from `antagonist' projects"? I
don't think there is. As long as the general requirements are OK
(licenses, not forbidden items, etc.) you can use any bits you need.
As a concrete example, if Debian has already packaged a Java library
and has written a build.xml file (essentially, a Makefile) for
building it, am I allowed to include that file in my package? Should
I apply the whole Debian patch (complete with upstream URL) and then
copy the build.xml to where it needs to be, or can I just grab the
build.xml file itself and include it as a source?
Whatever makes more sense from a technical POV, but keep any author
info pointing to Debian intact (e.g. add your own if you modify
something, but don't remove any other author). You could even honour
the import in a %changelog like to make it easier to identify the
origin.
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
noon
Hi,
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Mary Ellen Foster <mefoster(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>Should I apply the whole Debian patch
>(complete with upstream URL)
Debian uses dpatch , how it can be applied in fedora? Any dpatch to diff
converters available? I have a situation here
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530090 ;
10:49 a.m.
2009/10/24 Mary Ellen Foster <mefoster(a)gmail.com>:
I was just wondering -- is there a policy on using bits of Debian
packages in Fedora packages? As a concrete example, if Debian has
already packaged a Java library and has written a build.xml file
(essentially, a Makefile) for building it, am I allowed to include
that file in my package? Should I apply the whole Debian patch
(complete with upstream URL) and then copy the build.xml to where it
needs to be, or can I just grab the build.xml file itself and include
it as a source?
Thanks for any suggestions,
Not only is thsi a good idea, but there are ways to take this further.
We had a little distro mini summit at the Google Summer of Code Mentor
Summit, and i think the one big takeaway impression i had is that we
would all like to see more cooperation between distros. With that in
mind, why not also email the debian maintainer(s) and let him/her/them
know you're copying their file. Then offer to collaborate in the
future. If you can at least keep each other informed about possible
changes either of you need to make, it means we'll have better and
more consistent packages in both Fedora and Debian.
-Yaakov
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