Re: Packaging only a subset of a tool collection

2011-03-09 Thread Till Maas
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 04:40:49PM -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > I don't see what would require you to package every piece of > functionality included in a upstream tarball. Certainly you should > include sufficient comments in the spec to make the situation obvious. > Just be mindful that

Re: Packaging only a subset of a tool collection

2011-03-09 Thread Till Maas
On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 01:33:18AM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Whoever wants to package this will also need to check the tarball for > patent-encumbered stuff, e.g. there are tools working on MP3 files, you have > to check whether there's any MP3 code bundled (which would have to be > removed)

Re: Packaging only a subset of a tool collection

2011-03-08 Thread Kevin Kofler
Till Maas wrote: > [0] http://jengelh.medozas.de/projects/hxtools/ WTF, that's a hodgepodge of many completely unrelated tools. :-( Whoever wants to package this will also need to check the tarball for patent-encumbered stuff, e.g. there are tools working on MP3 files, you have to check whether

Re: Packaging only a subset of a tool collection

2011-03-08 Thread Mat Booth
On 8 March 2011 21:26, Till Maas wrote: > Hi, > > to update pam_mount I need some programs of a tool collection from the > upstream author. The tool collection[0] named hxtools contains a lot of > stuff I do not want to package. Is there any reason to only package the > two tools I need and add ot

Re: Packaging only a subset of a tool collection

2011-03-08 Thread Jason L Tibbitts III
> "TM" == Till Maas writes: TM> Is there any reason to only package the two tools I need and add TM> others whenever someone requests it? Would someone disapprove this TM> in a package review? I don't see what would require you to package every piece of functionality included in a upstream t

Packaging only a subset of a tool collection

2011-03-08 Thread Till Maas
Hi, to update pam_mount I need some programs of a tool collection from the upstream author. The tool collection[0] named hxtools contains a lot of stuff I do not want to package. Is there any reason to only package the two tools I need and add others whenever someone requests it? Would someone dis