[Pkg-octave-devel] Some packages ported to gbp + new version of octave-pkg-dev

Juan Pablo Carbajal carbajal at ifi.uzh.ch
Fri Mar 9 22:01:03 UTC 2012


On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Rafael Laboissiere
<rafael at laboissiere.net> wrote:
> * Sébastien Villemot <sebastien.villemot at ens.fr> [2012-03-09 21:37]:
>
>> I forgot to mention that there is a already a way of doing a similar
>> thing:
>>
>>  licensecheck -r --copyright -c  '\.m|\.cc|\.hh' . | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5
>
> Tsc, tsc, I reinvented the wheel.  I will better google before start
> coding next time...
>
>> But maybe your script is better, I didn't test.
>
> It produces very similar results, perhaps a little bit cleaner (like the
> email addresses are removed).  Anyway, it is better to stick to standard
> tools.
>
>> In any case, I think your script and the above command should go to the
>> wiki page. Same for "cme fix dpkg-copyright".
>
> Yes, absolutely.  If we are hoping to atract more contributors, we have
> to make their task easier.  Look, I used to be an Ol'Timer developer and
> I am almost lost when coming back to development a couple of years after
> retirement.  Imagine a newbie contributor...
>
>> Also, I think that we should not *require* upgrade to machine-readable
>> format (at least before the migration to Octave 3.6), since it is indeed
>> very time consuming. I suggest to only *recommend* it for the moment,
>> and make it a requirement later.
>
> Agreed.
>
> Rafael
>
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Yes, imagine a newbie contributor like me!

The mailing list is pretty useful though!


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