[Pkg-octave-devel] Some packages ported to gbp + new version of octave-pkg-dev

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Sébastien Villemot <sebastien.villemot at ens.fr> [2012-03-09 21:37]:

> I forgot to mention that there is a already a way of doing a similar
> thing:
> 
>  licensecheck -r --copyright -c  '\.m|\.cc|\.hh' . | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 

Tsc, tsc, I reinvented the wheel.  I will better google before start
coding next time...

> But maybe your script is better, I didn't test.

It produces very similar results, perhaps a little bit cleaner (like the
email addresses are removed).  Anyway, it is better to stick to standard
tools.

> In any case, I think your script and the above command should go to the
> wiki page. Same for "cme fix dpkg-copyright".

Yes, absolutely.  If we are hoping to atract more contributors, we have
to make their task easier.  Look, I used to be an Ol'Timer developer and
I am almost lost when coming back to development a couple of years after
retirement.  Imagine a newbie contributor...

> Also, I think that we should not *require* upgrade to machine-readable
> format (at least before the migration to Octave 3.6), since it is indeed
> very time consuming. I suggest to only *recommend* it for the moment,
> and make it a requirement later.

Agreed.
 
Rafael