Re: packaging data that can't be distributed as part of a Debian package

2013-09-20 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 08:10:07PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > So, I suppose anyone using the software needs to download it. I'll > > provide a script to download the data, but if I want to build a > > Debian package containing that data,

Re: packaging data that can't be distributed as part of a Debian package

2013-09-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Faheem Mitha wrote: > So, I suppose anyone using the software needs to download it. I'll > provide a script to download the data, but if I want to build a > Debian package containing that data, how should I do it? Maybe studying other download-and-package packages, like "java-

packaging data that can't be distributed as part of a Debian package

2013-09-19 Thread Faheem Mitha
Hi, I have a situation where I have some software I want to package for Debian. This software needs to use some biological data, but I was told by the website I got this data from that I could not redistribute it. So, I suppose anyone using the software needs to download it. I'll provide a