The svn repository is a little messy, I was working from the wrong place
and ended up checking in things that were still work in progress. I've
gotten a lot of complaints about it.

  The library is built with LeoCAD itself only.


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:35 PM, David Paleino <da...@debian.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:58:00 -0800, Leonardo Zide wrote:
>
> >   Hi,
>
> Hello,
>
> >   Thank you for creating a Debian package, it would be great to tell
> people
> > that can install LeoCAD with apt-get. Let me know if you need any help or
> if
> > you want to keep your scripts/config files in the svn repository.
> >
> >   You should use the 0.75.1 tag for compiling, don't use the head
> revision
> > as it's unstable. I've added a source .tgz to the Google project page if
> > that helps you.
>
> Ok, nice, thanks :)
> It would be better if you didn't tag the head revision ;)
>
> >   The pieces can be built with LeoCAD from the LDraw files (
> > http://www.ldraw.org/Downloads-req-getit-lid-98.html, or follow the
> download
> > link at LDraw.org). There's no need to build them from source as the
> > binaries are the same for all platforms (little/big endian, 32/64 bits)
> and
> > they can be redistributed freely in other formats.
>
> That's not the issue :)
> The point is to comply with the Debian Free Software Guidelines: we have to
> keep the source in Debian, and build everything from source. No precompiled
> binaries, even if they're freely redistributable :)
>
> I'll check if the pieces library license is acceptable; and whether it is
> buildable with free tools. I'll report back if any new issue arises.
>
> Thank you for your collaboration :)
> David
>
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