Dear Dr. Ferrari, I am happy to be able to inform you that the GEANT-FLUKA code you told me about in the Debian packages of CERNLIB has finally been completely removed from the "testing" and "unstable" distributions of Debian GNU/Linux (also known as "Etch" and "Sid", respectively). The delay was due to backlogs on some of the computers that automatically build packages for different architectures.
I have just prepared packages of CERNLIB that will also remove the GEANT-FLUKA code from the current stable distribution of Debian, code-named "Sarge", and I have uploaded the packages to "stable-proposed-updates". Unlike the case with the "testing" and "unstable" distributions, I have no control over whether or not these new packages will be accepted. We will just have to wait and hope that the stable release manager will accept them for the next point release of Sarge. If I correctly understand your previous comment, > As explained in the CERNLIB disclaimers those files are permitted to > be used with GEANT321. So no problem on that and no hurry to remove. > The issue is that they are not GPL licensed and I understand this is > not what you want (a mixture of GPL and different, not compatible > licenses) for obvious reasons. then you do not have a problem with Debian continuing to distribute the code in question while we wait for the release manager's decision. Thank you for your patience and understanding about this issue! best regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
