Re: Bug#596005: Sponsering request for testu01

[Jerome BENOIT <calculus@rezozer.net>]

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Hi Andreas,

thanks for the review.

On 24/05/15 08:48, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Jerome,
> 
> I had a sponsoring look into testu01.  The git Repository contains a
> file debian/Debian with zero bytes.  What's the purpose of this file?

This is a mistake: I have no clue on how this file arrived there.
I will wipe it out.

> 
> In debian/copyright you exclude a lot of files including usual automake
> files

the autotools machinery is revisited:
basically wiping them out allows a clean git-build

 and also the AUTHORS and ChangeLog file.

Those files are empty.

  What's the rationale of
> this?  Would you mind documenting this in debian/README.source?

Indeed I should comment this; I will do so soon.

  This
> might help other team members in case there might be a need to work on
> the package.
> 
> I'm a bit unsure about the 12MB file debian/adhoc/examples/RandomOrg.bin
> May be you also meniton this to get some better understanding why exactly
> this is needed, and where to read about its purpose.

In the d/copyright file there is some comment about it.
Basically it replaces a non distributed data file that is used by one of the sample
C source file. The idea is to keep the examples working.
The missing file is very heavy, obsolete according to the upstream maintainers,
and, not the least, they are very reluctant to put it back.
I will add comment to clarify.


> 
> In the ITP of this package there was some discussion about the chance
> that the code might be released under GPL.  Did you contacted upstream
> or asked for a status update to those people who discussed in the ITP?

I contacted the people who discussed in the ITP: so I have got no feed back
so far. Note that the RFP is quite old.


I also contacted the upstream team, according to them the code might be released under GPL3+
soon: this decision must be taken by their hosting University, not by them.

> You should contact the ITP owner anyway before we upload the package.

Initially it was an RFP submitted by Christoph Anton Mitterer, and now I am the ITP owner
(I contacted both of them before to do so).

> 
> Kind regards
> 
>          Andreas.
> 

Thanks,
Jerome
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