[arch-dev-public] Fixing licenses / sources

[Allan McRae]

Eric Bélanger wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Phil Dillon-Thiselton
>>> <dibblethewrecker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> 2009/3/12 Phil Dillon-Thiselton <dibblethewrecker at gmail.com>:
>>>>         
>>>>> 2009/3/6 Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool at gmail.com>:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> checklist : http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Snowman/License_Rebuild_Checklist
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe I haven't forgotten anything. Some of these are trivial,
>>>>>> some might need more detailed explanation...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Sorry, I have only just seen this.  Are we still doing it in a
>>>>> co-ordinated fashion or has everyone just got in with it and I have
>>>>> missed the boat?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> If this hasn't been started already then let's just go for it.  I'm
>>>> desperate to get into something!
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> It hasn't been started yet. I am waiting for Aaron to push live the
>>> latest git changes.  They'll fix the sourceball.{skip, force}
>>> grepping. They'll also make the failed.txt and errors.txt useful for
>>> creating a list of packages to fix. I'll use another way to make a
>>> list.
>>>       
>> Pushed live and tagged!
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks.
>
> I've made a list of packages with missing licenses.  I still found the
> errors.txt too cluttered (list packages with non-(L)GPL license and
> for both arches) so I just used the abs tree on x86_64.  Some
> i686-only packages might be missing but I'll add them later as there's
> plenty to do for now.  The list :
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Snowman/License_Rebuild_TODO
>
> Just add your name beside the packages you plan to do. Better take a
> dozen or so at a time.  Once they're done, remove them from the list.
> If they cause problems (soname bump, doesn't build/work, etc), skip
> them and replace your name with a note explaning the problem. You can
> try to find a patch or a fix but don't spend too much time on that.
> Better focus on the easy ones for now. We'll deal with the problematic
> ones later.
>   


How about we just remove all the fortune-mod-<foo> packages instead of 
rebuilding them...  They are all orphans and with low (>5%) usage.

Allan