Chris wrote: > Hi Chris, > Thanks for the reply and the welcome! I've submitted a package review > through Fedora BugZilla and I'm in the process of being sponsored so I > can get Barry into the Fedora repo. That's fine by me if you'd like to > consider me the official Fedora contact person for Barry. I've made > considerable changes to your spec file so I'll follow up with a patch > file once I'm done with the package review process. > > Chris > > *From:* Chris Frey > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *Sent:* Monday, November 03, 2008 1:59 AM > *To:* Barry project development discussion > <mailto:barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > *Subject:* Re: [Barry-devel] FC10 & Barry -- USB Charging > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 08:49:05PM -0500, Christopher Stover wrote: > > > > Also, provided the USB charging is working well, is there a way I > > can submit the fc10 RPMs to SourceForge so others can download them? > > Is there anything that would prohibit me from disbursing the RPMs to > > RPM Fusion (the new repo for FC10)? > > Hi Christopher, welcome to Barry! > > Thanks for building these packages on FC10. The best way to help with > binary packages is to send me (via the mailing list) patches to the > rpm/barry.spec file for any new platforms you build RPMs on. > > As for uploading to Sourceforge, binaries are harder to verify than > source > code, so for security reasons, upload access to sourceforge has been > historically restricted to me. > > Source code is done primarily through git these days, for which > there are > multiple ways to contribute source: mailing list patches, the mob branch > on repo.or.cz, or cloning your own git repo and asking me to pull. So > Barry hasn't needed an open Sourceforge account system. > > However, there is nothing stopping you from distributing RPMs of Barry > for RPM Fusion / FC10 as long as you follow the GPL, of course. I would > highly encourage inclusion of Barry in distros. So far, Mandriva > and Debian > are on board. Are you a Fedora package maintainer? Should I count you > as the official Fedora contact person for Barry? > > I'd like to see Barry included as a full part of Fedora. According > to the > FAQ for RPM Fusion, Fusion "distributes packages that have been deemed > unacceptable to Fedora due to licensing or patent issues." > (http://rpmfusion.org/FAQ) I would hope that Barry is acceptable to > the main Fedora tree, considering it is licensed under the GPL, but that > is not my call. > > So I'd prefer to register a request with Fedora to include Barry in > their > main source tree. (I understand this process includes filing a bug, > and either > volunteering to maintain the package, or hoping someone else does.) > If that is not possible, I'd then gladly accept inclusion in RPM Fusion. > > Comments welcome. > > Thanks, > - Chris > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel Chris,
Do you have your packages loaded anywhere for download? I'd be interested in trying them as I'm a new FC10 convert... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
