request for sponsorship for pd-hid

Felipe Sateler fsateler at debian.org
Thu Jul 21 03:07:04 UTC 2011


On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 23:50, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
>
> 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

Sorry I'm late. Uploaded.


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler



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