[Pkg-osm-maint] osmconvert in Debian

[David Paleino]

On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 18:02:26 +0200, David Paleino wrote:

> Hello Markus,
> (please keep the team CCed, if it's not a problem for you)
> 
> I'd like to upload osmconvert to Debian repositories. I could do it right now,
> but wanted to talk with you about some issues I believe noteworthy :)
> 
> First, it would be very good if you kept the source in tarballs (something
> like "osmconvert-x.y.tar.gz"), so that scripts can see when a new version is
> released.
> 
> Secondly, the licensing of osmconvert.c is a bit unclear to me. First, you say
> "GNU Affero GPL", but then write "see GNU GPL for more details". Which one?
> Also, which version? I suppose "3 or any later"? :)
> 
> [..]
> 
> Last but not least, it would be great if the tarball could use autotools, to
> help with possible portability issues (Debian runs on a wide number of
> architectures).
> 
> I'd be glad to help, if you need. I can even prepare you a revised 0.2T
> tarball (would that be 0.2U?), if you wish (and, version numbers with letters
> inside are a bit strange ;))

All this is also valid for osmfilter :)

Kindly,
David

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