[arch-dev-public] Fixing licenses / sources

[Eric Bélanger]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> 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
>

We could do that. Any objections?