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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A proposal to deal with the current RedHat situation
From:       Mike Richardson <mike () quaking ! demon ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-09-03 8:52:19
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On Monday 02 September 2002 4:47 pm, 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?  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."  

I'm the guy originally responsible for Jane. What Shawn means is that Jane is 
the machine used by use to build theKompany's products. Any system to build a 
large set of KDE packages would need to be rather more powerful :) But I've 
got no problem with giving away the Janes "secrets" (say "chroot is your 
friend") or the scripts (maybe 200 lines worth, would need beefing up a bit 
for KDE)


> 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.

Agreed.

Mike

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