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Re: Including partman-hfs to the team's git project



Hi,

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> (2021-04-15):
> I created a partman-hfs package that is required for the installation
> of PowerMacs but will also allow to create HFS and HFS+ partitions on
> any machines. It might be useful on Intel Macs as well for creating
> shared partitions for dual-boot Macs.
> 
> While including the necessary hfsprogs-udeb in debian-installer is a
> bit tricky due to the non-free license of src:hfsprogs, I was
> wondering whether it would be okay nevertheless to include the git
> repository for partman-hfs packaging in the debian-installer's team
> project?

I don't think having an extra repository would be an issue.

Some care might be required to make sure we don't burden translators
with a somewhat special component, but AFAIR that shouldn't happen until
the package is (possibly) added to the list of packages that require
translations. Holger would likely know better.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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