[Mondo-devel] Call for Help (was: Re: mindi/mondo no longer, in Debian)
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From: John P. <jo...@gt...> - 2011-06-28 23:11:19
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On 28/06/11 17:21, Bruno Cornec <Bru...@hp...> wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom said on Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 08:16:38AM -0500: > >> Too bad. The maintainer has gone AWOL... >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629585 > Andree hadn't time to deal woith this anymore :-( > > So is there any volunteer to jump and be the maintainer of > mondo/mindi/mindi-busybox and maybe afio/buffer packages for Debian ? Actually, probably the biggest problem you face with Debian is that afio has been removed from Debian because of licensing issues: the existing licenses aren't collectively clearly DFSG compliant, it isn't clear who the current copyright holder is, and noone knows how to contact the original author (Debian bug #509287). So right now, unless afio gets back into Debian then Mondo will not make it in either, because of an unsatisfiable dependency on afio. Three alternative solutions would be: * Identify the current "owner" of the problematic code and get them to talk to Debian about the license; * Identify or write a drop-in replacement for afio with a better license; * Use an alternative to afio; historically, tar was a bad choice due to missing and broken features and an inconsistent interface acros platforms, but in today's more modern, Linux/BSD centric world it would probably work out better Regards, John Pearson -- jo...@gt... | The greatest problem in communication is Network Administrator | the illusion that it has been accomplished +61 4 0739 1169 | - George Bernard Shaw: The Sanity of Art |