Comments regarding boinc-app-seti_7.00~svn1883-2_amd64.changes

[Paul Tagliamonte]

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:32:24PM +0100, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> mmm I see the 003_dont_use_own_jpeglib_and_glut.patch patch that disables building of jpeg files in configure.ac script...
> Isn't better to just exclude that directory from the source tree in the next upload?

If so, that seems fine, if y'all like!

> I honestly prefer to directly drop that kind of directories, instead of having them and don't use them.
> (don't know if other developers have other points)
> 
> we need also to drop "glut" from copyright file, we don't include it anymore in the source tree.
> and vector_lib/ too, don't know how long ago it was included...

Trimming up source is always nice!

> > In addition I see some files copyright MIT that aren't noted in the 
> > copyright.
> > 
> ./install-sh:# Copyright 1991 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> ./client/vector/hires_timer.h://       Copyright (c) 2003,2006 Massachusets Institute of Technology
> ./client/vector/analyzeFuncs_vector.cpp://       Copyright (c) 2003,2006 Massachusets Institute of Technology
> ./client/vector/sighandler.h://       Copyright (c) 2003,2006 Massachusets Institute of Technology
> ./client/vector/x86_ops.h://       Copyright (c) 2003,2006 Massachusets Institute of Technology
> ./client/vector/hires_timer.cpp://       Copyright (c) 2003,2006 Massachusets Institute of Technology
> ./client/win_build/fftw3.h: * Copyright (c) 2003, 2007-11 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> ./db/sqlmysql.cpp://       Copyright (c) 2003,2006-2011 Massachusets Institute of Technology
> ./splitter_fft/fftw.h: * Copyright (c) 1997,1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> ./COPYRIGHT://       Copyright (c) 2003,2006 Massachusets Institute of Technology
> ./splitter_pfb/fftw.h: * Copyright (c) 1997,1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> 
> I honestly never tweaked the copyright file, could anybody please tell me how to add them? should I just add MIT or list the entire set of files?

I'll let your sponsor help; but if you use the DEP5 / Copyright Format 1.0
setup, you can check out the packaging manual[1]

[1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/

> 
> > 
> > Thanks!
> >   Paul
> 
> Thanks to you for caring!

No problem! Thanks for your work!

> 
> Gianfranco
> >

Cheers,
  Paul

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