also sprach Stefanos Harhalakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.07.30.1345 +0200]: > Include a comparison of vbackup with other software in the package > description? Somehow I don't find this right. I believe that it is > a moving target that may imply false things regarding other > packages at some point in the future if not updated correctly.
Then you ought to update it regularly. This is for users. If you are a user and want to decide between backupninja and vbackup, then it's really helpful to have a short statement how they compare. Once vbackup is a real "competitor" to backupninja, backupninja should also mention vbackup. > Nothing related to backup. At first it was named sbackup (simple > backup) but since that name was already used I changed it to > vbackup (a letter from my nick). Does this play any role in debian > packaging? No, just curious. You could put in the README of package description that the v is arbitrary. Otherwise people might think this is a "virtual backup" programme. > > debian/copyright: > > Are you sure you want "either version 2 of the License, or (at > > your option) any later version."? I personally don't support GPLv3 > > and thus limit all my GPL software to v2. > > Well, in fact, that was an error and thank you for mentioning it. vbackup is > unter GPLv3 since I really don't want to ever accept any patches that include > patented code. Can you provide me with more information regarding the reasons > you dislike GPLv3? Perhaps there are things that I should be aware of but I'm > not. It's probably mostly ideological, but I perceive GPLv3 to be overzealous and trying to solve problems that a software licence shouldn't be concerned with. Patches with patented code are a problem even with GPLv2 and most other licences. The real issue I have with GPLv3 is that it disallows use of your code in any product that implements DRM. That's like saying that all DRM is bad, which is overzealous. But hey, I am not a friend of the GPL as a whole. I agree it's largely responsible for the growth of Linux and related software, but it's not Free in the sense that I understand Freedom. It's viral. :) Anyway, I am not a lawyer, this is my perception of things which may well be wrong and probably doesn't square with everyone else's, and yet, I am not really interested in a discussion about this; I just use the Artistic Licence 2.0 for (almost) everything I do. > > W: vbackup: doc-base-unknown-section vbackup:6 admin > > > > you should always make sure lintian produces no warnings and/or > > errors before asking for sponsorship. > > I'm using lintian v1.24.2 and there is no such warning: Hm, maybe I used an outdated one by accident? Thanks for checking back. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems die wahrheit ist selten auf seiten der wahrscheinlichkeit. -- heinrich v. kleist
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