request for sponsorship for pd-hid

Mon Jun 20 03:50:15 UTC 2011

On Jun 14, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

>
> On Jun 13, 2011, at 8:01 PM, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 14:43, Hans-Christoph Steiner  
>> <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 22:15, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at 
>>>> >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 19:30 +0000, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 02:45, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at 
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:41 -0300, "Felipe Sateler" <fsateler at debian.org 
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 21:55, Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org 
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 19:08, Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org 
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 03:37, Hans-Christoph Steiner
>>>>>>>>>> <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:37 -0800, "Hans-Christoph Steiner"
>>>>>>>>>>> <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 24, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 21:13, Hans-Christoph Steiner
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just ITPed, packaged and uploaded pd-hid to  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> git.debian.org.  It
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> object for Pure Data that allows you to use USB HID  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> devices in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pd.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> build system is similar in structure to pd-plugin and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pd-freeverb,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it includes the kFreeBSD and Hurd updates, so it should  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> build on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> platforms.  It depends on pd-mapping and recommends pd- 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pddp,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> both in NEW.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-multimedia/pd-hid.git;a=summary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is some code that is not yours, please add Jan  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Truetzschler
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Falkenstein to the debian/copyright file (ftpmaster may  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> reject
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> package for this missing information).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for spotting that, I pushed the fix.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ping.  Anyone willing to sponsor this one?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, I lost track of this. I will try to get to this (and  
>>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>> packages) during the weekend.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I clearly didn't do this when promised, and this week I  
>>>>>>>>> couldn't
>>>>>>>>> either. I've been extremely busy. I'm sorry about that. If  
>>>>>>>>> someone
>>>>>>>>> else can look into these packages, please upload them, since  
>>>>>>>>> I'm not
>>>>>>>>> likely to get any debian time anytime soon.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I will, if nobody else gets to these packages, still review  
>>>>>>>>> them as
>>>>>>>>> time permits.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems that this package never got uploaded.   It needs its  
>>>>>>> git-dch
>>>>>>> done and the changelog finalized and then uploaded.  I can  
>>>>>>> finalize the
>>>>>>> changelog if that makes it easier.  It seems some people want  
>>>>>>> to do it
>>>>>>> themselves when uploading.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe this package needs to be fixed for puredata >= 0.43
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I can tell it has already.  For me, it builds on
>>>>> Debian/testing using puredata-dev and no puredata, and squeeze  
>>>>> using
>>>>> puredata 0.42.6.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, it seems to work.
>>>>
>>>> I have a licensing question though. The package is distributed as
>>>> GPLv3+. However, Supercollider (where some code was borrowed) is
>>>> GPLv2+. I think debian/copyright should document that fact. Code  
>>>> from
>>>> 2004 cannot possibly be under GPLv3+ unless relicensed.
>>>
>>> The GPLv2+ license has that built into it.  In the context of this  
>>> project,
>>> the code from SuperCollider is so intermingled, there is no easily
>>> recognizable chunk that could be labeled GPLv2+.  Since the  
>>> project is
>>> GPLv3+, I think it would be misleading to try to say that a file is
>>> available under GPLv2+.  If people want the GPLv2+ file, they  
>>> should go to
>>> the original SuperCollider source.
>>>
>>> Here's the text from the GPL:
>>>
>>> "Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the  
>>> Program
>>> specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General  
>>> Public License
>>> "or any later version" applies to it, you have the option of  
>>> following the
>>> terms and conditions either of that numbered version or of any  
>>> later version
>>> published by the Free Software Foundation. "
>>
>>
>> Indeed, I'm not questioning that. My point is that the objective of
>> debian/copyright is documenting, not relicensing, even if it is
>> permissible.
>
> From what I've seen, debian/copyright is not finer grained than  
> files.  The GPLv2+ code is mixed into two different files that are  
> mostly GPLv3+.  So if looking on a per-file basis, all of the files  
> are GPLv3+.
>
> .hc

Hey Felipe,

Any chance of getting this one uploaded in the next week?  I'd love to  
make the Ubuntu/oneiric import deadline.

.hc

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