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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A proposal to deal with the current RedHat situation
From:       Adam Treat <manyoso () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2002-09-02 16:14:52
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On Monday 02 September 2002 11:52 am, Shawn Gordon wrote:
> At 08:47 AM 9/2/2002, Adam Treat wrote:
> >On Sunday 01 September 2002 08:45 pm, Shawn Gordon wrote:
> > > This is a general proposal, no one really needs to know about Jane
> > > specifically beyond how the spec files need to be set up.  I expect
> > > this process to get fine tuned a bit, but I'd also imagine that there
> > > are people using virtually every distro combination around and we can
> > > arrive at some formalized testing for the packages.  What I'd like to
> > > do is get a series of volunteers that will handle the spec files for
> > > each distro (all versions), so this would only take about a half dozen
> > > people, and not a whole lot of time since I believe spec files likely
> > > exist already.
> >
> >Wait a minute.  Is Jane Free Software?
>
> Jane is a computer

Ahh, what a nice name for a computer.  Now, can you tell us whether the build 
system you are proposing is free? (Not as in beer ;-)

> >If KDE is going to release 'Official'
> >packages, then it would seem to make sense that the build tools are all
> > Free Software.  Sorry, I get a little nervous when you say, "...no one
> > really needs to know about Jane specifically beyond how the spec files
> > need to be set up."  We do not need any dependence upon non-free software
> > for 'Official' packages.  Now, if you want to distribute your own
> > packages with as little change from cvs source as possible and release
> > them as Vanilla packages, then please go ahead, but if these are to be
> > distributed _by_ KDE _as_ 'Official' KDE packages then I think the build
> > tools need to be completely free.
> >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Shawn Gordon
> > > President
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> Regards,
>
> Shawn Gordon
> President
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