[pkg-mt-om-devel] [openmelody] Re: Unable to run on Ubuntu 10.04

[Adam Guthrie]

Would OpenMelody be interested in a fixing this flash licensing issue so a
patched version isn't required for Debian?

As I understand it a summary is:

- OpenMelody currently ships with compiled flash files without source.
- The source of one of these isn't under a license deemed `free` by Debian.
- The source can't be compiled using `free` tools so this isn't conducive to
open source changes.

Are these flash files still going to be required after the UI re-design
anyway?

Adam

On 8 October 2010 16:56, Dominic Hargreaves <dom at earth.li> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 08:48:35AM +0100, Adam Guthrie wrote:
> > It's nearly there I think.  I'll definitely update it with the beta
> release
> > when that comes along and, time permitting, package some of the point
> > releases between now and then.
> >
> > One issue outstanding is getting the correct perl dependencies.  So far
> I've
> > just updated those for the plugins and left the core list alone as I'm
> > having difficultly getting my head around it.  I've seen what I assume is
> > you list, Dominic, [1] but am unclear whether that's up-to-date.
>
> It's probably not. Probably the best thing to do is look at the diff of
> extlib between MTOS 4.34 and OpenMelody to find out if any changes in
> dependencies from my 4.34 packages are needed.
>
> > Melody people, is there a definitive list of perl dependencies, which are
> > required and which optional?  The Debian way of packaging is to not
> package
> > your bundled extlibs, instead depend of those modules packaged
> separately.
> > However, at least some of the extlibs seem unused and therefore I'd
> prefer
> > to avoid the dependency.  And others aren't bundled at all (I assume
> those
> > requiring compilation).
> >
> > Finally, from a Debian perspective, which modules should be "Recommended"
> > and which "Required"?
>
> I think MTOS had its own idea of required and optional modules
> which I based my Debian package Depends/Recommend on; presumably the
> same will apply from OpenMelody?
>
> You might like to note that I've made a recent update of the MTOS
> packages to remove the non-free flash components. Please see
> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591975> for details
> and the git repo for my changes.
>
> On a different note, you might like to merge in my changes in
> 426343cccbed5bda0dac9fafbc5d07737551e616
> removing the flash plugins. This will need to be done before your
> package can be uploaded to Debian.
>
> Cheers,
> Dominic.
>
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