[Babel-users] providing a sample babeld.conf in the distro

[anarcat]

Hi,

It seems this patch still hasn't been merged in, despite the adjustments
I made to it, a year later. Maybe it was forgetten? :)

Thanks!

A.

On 2012-08-09 20:03:29, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> On 2012-08-03, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>>> git://src.anarcat.ath.cx/babeld
>>>
>>> it's a merge of the OpenWRT sample config file and the mailing list
>>> post.
>>
>> Hmm, as you justly note, that's a wee bit too confusing.
>>
>> I suggest the following:
>>
>>   - make the link to the Gmane posting to the Message-ID, which is more
>>     stable:
>>
>>     http://mid.gmane.org/7ive3ry9r7.fsf@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr
>
> I assume you mean in the commit message, since there is no link in the
> actual configuration file.
>
>>   - remove the copyright notices (that's hopefully not copyrightable,
>>     it's just a config file); instead, put a note crediting Aaron in the
>>     commit message;
>
> That is debatable. The problem is: the sample configuration from OpenWRT
> is copyrighted:
>
> https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/packages/net/babel/files/babeld.conf
>
> ... by you and Aaron. So unless you both disclaim your copyright on that
> file, I am guessing that it is copyrighted under the usual license.
>
>>   - leave the "simple rules" section, but without a title and the ====
>>     lines;
>
> I remove the titles and separators.
>
>>   - remove all the rest.
>
> Hum. The rest? do you mean the numbered sections below the "simple
> rules"? I don't understand why, you have explicitely given your email as
> a sample of good configuration, why not use it and maintain it?
>
>>> I removed the -X notes because I didn't understood what they were
>>> refering to.
>>
>> They're obsolete -- -X was a hack that was used before I implemented
>> proper redistribution.
>
> Good.
>
> I rebased and push my branch, let me know if I can improve it further.
>
> A.

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