Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add GNU Fdisk.

2013-03-04 Thread Ludovic Courtès
ources use > GPLv2+. To me that means the intent is to make it GPLv3+, so I’d write GPLv3+. > From 89f13d2ee5ad10e4a6fd6df71d7584d4f7e09176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Nikita Karetnikov > Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 07:48:14 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add GNU Fdisk.

[PATCH] gnu: Add GNU Fdisk.

2013-03-03 Thread Nikita Karetnikov
.html From 89f13d2ee5ad10e4a6fd6df71d7584d4f7e09176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nikita Karetnikov Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 07:48:14 + Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add GNU Fdisk. * gnu/packages/fdisk.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. --- Makefile.am|1 + gnu/packages/f

Re: Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-27 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, "Jason Self" skribis: > Ludovic Courtès said: >> Yes, I’ve been wondering too. The thing is, while most are purely >> declarative like this, some, like those in base.scm, are trickier >> and definitely copyrightable. In base.scm, the composition of >> packages in the bootstrap phase may

Re: Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-27 Thread Jason Self
Ludovic Courtès said: > Yes, I’ve been wondering too. The thing is, while most are purely > declarative like this, some, like those in base.scm, are trickier > and definitely copyrightable. In base.scm, the composition of > packages in the bootstrap phase may also be copyrightable in itself. I s

Re: Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-27 Thread Nikita Karetnikov
Hi, So, what's the policy on copyright statements? I'm not a lawyer that's why I think that it's better to be safe than sorry (i.e. to use a copyright statement). Nikita

Re: Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
"Jason Self" skribis: > I left it out because as a series of facts (package name, version, > URL, hash, dependencies, etc.) I'm not sure that these files are even > copyrightable to begin with. Yes, I’ve been wondering too. The thing is, while most are purely declarative like this, some, like t

Re: Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-26 Thread Jason Self
Nikita Karetnikov said: > Add a copyright notice. I left it out because as a series of facts (package name, version, URL, hash, dependencies, etc.) I'm not sure that these files are even copyrightable to begin with. "When there is only one way to express an idea or function, then everyone is free

Re: Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi! Nikita Karetnikov skribis: > I have some doubts regarding this line: > > (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("CC=gcc"))) > > Ludo, is it needed? It depends on the package, but packages that use Autoconf normally don’t need it. > Ludo is right. 'parted' is the next thing I'm going to package.

Re: Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-26 Thread Nikita Karetnikov
Hi, Jason, could you also fix the following? 1. Split the description into several lines. (I usually use Emacs' 'ESC q' for this purpose.) 2. Fix the typo in the description (i.e. "GNU fdisk GNU fdisk"). 3. Remove the trailing space from the description. 4. Change the formatting according to t

Re: Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-25 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Jason, Thanks for the patch! I believe there are two issues here: > + (sha256 > + (base32 > + > "MM4TMM3EHA2GIZTGGEYWGNBRGIYTAZTGMY4TSNBXGQZGKOLGHEYGCNZSMRTGIY3CGA2DQMLCMNRTIYRVGMYDEMRTMVSDGNJRGFTGENI=" This is not a valid nix-base32 string. It should be shorter, like

Add GNU fdisk

2012-11-25 Thread Jason Self
I hope that I've done this correctly. diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index b57e7db..d5a4111 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ MODULES = \ distro/packages/cpio.scm \ distro/packages/ddrescue.scm \ distro/packages/ed.scm \ + distro/packages/fdisk