Re: snapshot.debian.org implications for you
On Wed, 12 May 2010, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> On 11/05/10 03:26, Peter Palfrader wrote:
>>
>> Short version:
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>>
>> If you uploaded stuff to debian that is not redistributable you
>> will have to let the snapshot people know to remove it.
>
> Would it be feasible to have some sort of automation surrounding this?
> Breaches that are fixed by a subsequent upload will very likely contain
> some strings in the changelog: strip, distributable, dfsg-free or
> non-free.
> Also, a significant part of the breaches would have to be fixed by a
> repacked tarball. Thus, detecting changes in the version string (adding
> dfsg or repack) would give a good pointer on packages that need to go
> from snapshot.debian.org.
Maybe. Hard to tell. Do you want to try it?
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