[pkg-crosswire-devel] Fwd: sword-comm-mhc_2.0-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Roberto C. Sánchez]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 02:07:18PM +0200, Teus Benschop wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The package was rejected. It was because the copyright didn't match with
> the DFSG.
> 
> On thinking about this, I think that it does not in any way impact users
> who want to use the commentary that was to be included in the package.
> Everyone can install it from the online Crosswire repositories.
> 
> Taking it one step further, my question is what the additional value of
> this package would have been in the first place?
> 
> Was it to assist people who don't have any internet connection, or who for
> certain reasons don't want to use that?
> 
Several years ago I took it upon myself to package some of what I
thought would be the most common and useful modules.  It feels "better"
to me to be able to install components via apt rather than downloading
modules, for example here with Sword modules, CPAN modules, Python
modules, etc.  It simplifies deploying across multiple machines, where I
can deploy a meta-package that pulls in the necessary package as a
dependency, rather than having to script the installation of an external
component.  Just a preference on my part.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez