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Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add relate
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Nikita Karetnikov |
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Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add related procedures. |
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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:40:31 +0400 |
> I'll ask Karl about this.
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While we are at it, I also noticed that the "note" field is repeated
(package: cobol).
True.
"(It’s surprising that there’s no ‘license’ field in the file.)"
Could you explain why?
Simple -- it's never been needed. That is, rms has never asked me a
question that required sorting by license. All software in GNU is
GPL-compatible by definition. As you've seen, the most I've needed is
an indication of GPLv3 status, where I tossed some other random license
information as I found it.
Also, why do you use "doc-url: none"?
As a human, I've found it is much more reliable to have an explicit
doc-url field for every package. Before I started using doc-url: none,
I was always unsure as to whether the lack of the field meant there
really was no explicit doc page, or whether I hadn't looked for one yet.
So I'm not going to get rid of it.
When I create the table for www.gnu.org/manual (file allgnupkgs.html),
obviously I don't actually put in a link to "none". I just replace it
with another link to the home page, since there's nothing better.
Feel free to forward all this to whatever list. Also feel free to start
cc-ing the list in the first place :).
BTW, if you ever find any updates to the data or needed, or have
suggestions for the categories and/or descriptions and/or whatever,
please let me know. There's nothing set in stone about any of it --
it's just the best I could do or find.
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- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., Nikita Karetnikov, 2013/03/26
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., Ludovic Courtès, 2013/03/26
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., Nikita Karetnikov, 2013/03/26
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., Ludovic Courtès, 2013/03/26
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., Nikita Karetnikov, 2013/03/27
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., Ludovic Courtès, 2013/03/27
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., Nikita Karetnikov, 2013/03/26
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add the related procedures., Ludovic Courtès, 2013/03/26
- [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add related procedures., Nikita Karetnikov, 2013/03/27
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add related procedures., Ludovic Courtès, 2013/03/28
- Re: [PATCH] gnu-maintenance: Improve 'official-gnu-packages'; add related procedures.,
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