On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Allan McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric Bélanger wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Aaron Griffin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Eric Bélanger <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Phil Dillon-Thiselton >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2009/3/12 Phil Dillon-Thiselton <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2009/3/6 Eric Bélanger <[email protected]>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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?
