Python policy (was Re: Experimental Python 2.1 packages, release plans)

2001-06-23 Thread Peter Eckersley
se? Is this the approach that maintainers are taking? If so, would it not perhaps make more sense to have python packages detect the version of /usr/bin/python at build time, and adjust themselves accordingly? The only problem would be the need for a shlibdeps equivalent or whatever -- Pete

Beta package of python-omniorb available for testing/sponsorship

2001-05-31 Thread Peter Eckersley
n sid/ or deb http://www.wilmascope.org/debian potato/ (along with potato versions of the current omniORB packages) There are also "WilmaScope" .debs in those repositories, but you'll need evil non-free apt lines to get Java3D etc... Warning: these repositories are on sourceforge, install

Re: Python 2.x and GPL (official blurb form 2.1a1)

2001-01-25 Thread Peter Eckersley
es from 1.5.2 -> 2.0) in Python :( > That is also an official answer to my previous concern: Python 2.0 > and 1.6 are not GPL compatible. Hrmpf. If the IP transfer is made, these two releases will both become GPL-compatible. -- Peter Eckersley http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-16 Thread Peter Eckersley
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 09:56:46AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Tuesday 16 January 2001, at 11 h 45, the keyboard of Peter Eckersley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > clause requiring legal disputes to be settled under the jurisdiction of the > > State

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-16 Thread Peter Eckersley
llowing: * The GPL is heavily affected by jurisdiciton * The GPL may in fact need to have different flavours for different countries, and may not work at all in some places * This is a major problem for Free software * It is essential to lobby IP-regressive legislatures to protect the feasibility

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-15 Thread Peter Eckersley
ive away the absolute minimum of concessions to be compatible with the Python 1.6+ license. Get a lawyer to look at it before you use it! Also, if you do get advice that it is okay, post so back here, so that I can put it in my code ;) -- Peter Eckersley http://www.cs.

Re: Proposal: Reorganizing Python for Python2 (and fixes for the previous proposal)

2001-01-14 Thread Peter Eckersley
es on. To resolve the dependency problems, any python code using /usr/bin/python-gpl-compat should depend on (initialy virtual) python-extension-gpl-compat packages. Of course there is still Jpython and stackless python, but if I understood it correctly nobody was suggesting that /usr/bin/python