Re: [DebianGIS] TileCache 2.0 debian packaging
On Dec 24, 2007 5:18 PM, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt@metacarta.com> wrote:
> > > > TileCache/Services/*, TileCache/Caches/*, TileCache/Layers/* don't
> > > > seem to have the copyright lines.
> > >
> > > None of them should.
> >
> > Who wrote them? Are they BSD licenced? Giving explicit permissions is
> > unfortunately one of the requirements of current copyright laws, which
> > are mostly "copyright by default, all rights reserved, do not touch".
>
> Sorry, I had assumed the problem was the inconsistency. At one point, we
> had included these lines in all the files, but we had decided that this
> wasn't really worth it later down the road.
>
> Is it not safe to assume that files distributed as part of a package,
> with a LICENSE.txt in the documentation, are under the license as
> described in LICENSE.txt (or debian/copyright)? Does each individual
> file need the copyright license?
>
> Does this apply to docs and the like as well?
Usually it is safe to assume, but it is better for everyone if things
are explicit.
> > Since there is no code duplication, I don't think it is nessecary to
> > remove S3.py and if it isn't removed then you should only suggest
> > python-boto if using it rather than S3.py brings some advantages that
> > S3.py doesn't have - new features, less bugs or whatnot.
>
> See other post -- but yes, using python-boto is better, since error
> messages are actually passed up the chain rather than simply being
> barfed on like they probably are currently :)
OK, removing S3.py is a good thing then.
> > The bug with adding them to build would be that make always runs
> > .PHONY targets and both the install and binary-indep targets depend on
> > build.
>
> Okay. Is this a bug in my rules file that I need to fix, or is the way
> things are now okay? (I'm not so good at this; sorry if this is a stupid
> question.)
The way things are now is fine.
> Does an empty "binary-arch:" count as 'succeding'? I assumed not -- I
> thik you're saying yes? Also, still confused as to why my lintian didn't
> whine on that -- since it's a W, I'd have expected to see it. Weird.
It isn't very intuitive, but yeah, seems empty = succeeds.
> Thanks again!
When you want tilecache uploaded to Debian, send us a link to a .dsc
(& diff.gz & orig.tar.gz) and we'll upload it, since the packaging is
in good shape now. Usually mentors.debian.net is used for that.
--
bye,
pabs
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