Re: Moving packages from "Requested" to "Can't be packaged"

2003-04-25 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi andy.grafham! You wrote: > Is there any way of requesting the BTS to move a package from > "Requested" to "Can't be packaged"? I was investigating packaging > "VisualBoyAdvance" a gameboy advance emulator, but it looks like > license problems will make it impossible to include in debian. AFAI

Re: Moving packages from "Requested" to "Can't be packaged"

2003-04-25 Thread Leo \"Costela\" Antunes
I second that. But maybe we still need a canonical list of problematic packages, and the CBP status would only be aplicable to inform wannabe packagers that there's an ongoing analysis on the "packagability" of that software. On second thought, I'm not sure it would be worth it, but I like the id

Re: Moving packages from "Requested" to "Can't be packaged"

2003-04-25 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? Why not simply close the bug and give an explanation? --

Re: Moving packages from "Requested" to "Can't be packaged"

2003-04-25 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 02:23:29PM +0200, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > ___ > / Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a > | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged),

Re: Moving packages from "Requested" to "Can't be packaged"

2003-04-25 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > / Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a > | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? > > Why not simply close the bug and give an explanation? Because - when it really ca

Re: Moving packages from "Requested" to "Can't be packaged"

2003-04-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 04:41:27PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > > / Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a > > | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? > > > > Why not sim