Hello Tobias, thanks for your prompt reply.
On 26/10/14 07:47, Tobias Hansen wrote: > Hi Jerome, > > if you know the license for these files and they're distributable in > Debian, These data files look like common sample used in the computing image communauty or somethin. They are raw data files. I think the best way is the following: > > Put them into a second source package and let the doc package recommend > or depend on the image package. This means that reuploading and > downloading of the same files and taking up more space on snapshots etc > only happens when the images change and not for every update of the > tachyon package. This sounds as a good approach. This is also done for some games, e.g. 0ad. I have not thought to look in this area. > > BTW how huge are we talking? about 14 MiB uncompressed, about 6 MiB once compressed (xz -9e) If they're really huge maybe it's better > just to say somewhere how to get the files. The google work was really a work: these files come from the last century, and they where grabbed from forgotten (and obscure) place of the web. Best wishes, Jerome > > Best, > Tobias > > > Am 26.10.2014 um 01:40 schrieb Jerome BENOIT: >> Hello List, >> >> I am currently packaging tachyon [1]: >> the upstream source ball comes with some demo C sources and some input >> samples >> that manipulate images. A couple of those images are large (if not huge) and, >> as such, they are not distributed within the source tar ball: after some >> google >> work, I finally grab them from the internet. After all, what is a sample or >> a demo >> if we can not play with it. Now, I am wondering if these grabbed images may >> be distributed >> within the Debian package. What is the custom for that kind of matter ? >> >> Thanks, >> Jerome >> >> >> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764433 >> >> > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
