Hello,
> > The source of the EPS lib is contained in the UMLet release > > Then it's not an external dependency, you have a fork. A fork that is - > and therefore will remain - GPL. What you may miss out on are updates, > that's all. It was shipped with UMLet only for convenience. But since jibble no longer releases the file under GPL, this seems to be the only place were to get it. > > 2. Ship the EPS library as part of the UMLet package. > > Keep the GPL code already within UMLet, create a new home for it - > say on SourceForge - as a fork. Future upstream releases can be > assessed when the time comes. I am reluctant to take over upstream maintenance of the EPS library. > > 3. Create a new package containing only the EPS library. > > Why? Is any other package likely to use it? What would be gained? I > can't see that is worthwhile paying for the current version to go into > non-free and moving your package to contrib. What I meant here, is taking the source of the EPS library shipped with UMLet and create a package from that one. So basically doing a fork, without providing a new upstream, instead considering the UMLet distribution as upstream. This would lead to having a source package UMLet and the two binary packages libeps and umlet. The library sounds useful for others too, but this is only a theoretical possibility. > > What would you suggest? > Personally, 2. Fork it. Thanks Neil for your input. After considering your arguments and my requirements, I've decided not to create a separate package for the EPS lib. I will consider it to be a part of UMLet. The reason for this is, that if UMLet upstream decides to replace or remove the EPS part (and drops it from their distribution) I won't have a library package without an upstream maintainer left. Regards Ben -- Please do not send any email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- all email not originating from the mailing list will be deleted. Use the reply to address instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
