Re: RFS: Folding@home
Nick Lewycky <nicholas@mxc.ca> wrote:
> Package name : folding
> Version : 4.00
> Upstream : http://folding.stanford.edu
> URL : http://wagon.dhs.org/folding/
> Description : Folding@home Client (install package)
> WNPP bug : http://bugs.debian.org/261257
>
[...]
> "Folding@home is only distributed in binary form from Stanford's
> official webserver. This package will download the client from Stanford
> and install it on your computer. It is only available for x86."
>
> This is an install package, intended for contrib/misc alongside
> packages like setiathome which do the same thing for another project.
I think you should name it folding@home-installer, then. And it needs a
proper license, too.
Ah, I just noticed that you named the package "folding". I'd really
choose a longer name. I would have to look up if @ is a valid character
in a package name, but you can always use "at" instead.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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