[arch-dev-public] Fixing licenses / sources

Phil Dillon-Thiselton dibblethewrecker at gmail.com
Fri Mar 13 04:08:08 EDT 2009


2009/3/13 Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool at gmail.com>:
>
> 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.
>
> Eric
>

Can I just take t* for starters, please?  That's about 13 pkgs and
seems as a good a set as any.


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