Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-06-19 Thread Manuel Prinz
Hi Debian Science, I just updated the Debian Science Policy. The changes address the feedback that I got so far and are rather minor. The commit messages were sent to the commit mailing list. You can read them there or update your repository clone. Feedback is --as always-- welcome! I'm sorry

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-30 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Andreas Tille [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080528 23:28]: I'm missing something explicit about general comitt rights/etiquette. Good point, I really did not think about that all the way through. I personally would be OK if someone from the team would make non-intrusive changes, meaning something

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-29 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, 28 May 2008, Manuel Prinz wrote: a first draft of the Debian Science Policy is now available in the Debian Science repository and can be checked out with: git clone git://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/policy.git Now I was able to read the proposal: A list of packages has been

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-28 Thread Manuel Prinz
Am Mittwoch, den 28.05.2008, 12:33 +0200 schrieb Andreas Tille: On Wed, 28 May 2008, Manuel Prinz wrote: git clone git://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/policy.git Any tips for people sitting behind a firewall that only allows html (via proxy) and who will get: $ git clone

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-28 Thread Manuel Prinz
Hi Jordan, thanks for the feedback! Am Dienstag, den 27.05.2008, 16:10 -0700 schrieb Jordan Mantha: I think the gatekeeper workflow is appropriate. However, packaging the policy and using BTS seems like overkill. It would seem to me that with git, sending patches or merging from somebody's

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-28 Thread Manuel Prinz
Am Mittwoch, den 28.05.2008, 12:50 +0200 schrieb Manuel Prinz: I will enable it and let you know. Done, easier as expected. You can now also clone using: git clone http://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/policy.git Best regards Manuel signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-28 Thread Manuel Prinz
Am Mittwoch, den 28.05.2008, 12:39 +0200 schrieb Andreas Tille: Why not ... licensed under either GPL or BSD? This makes sure that it might fit any license in case there is some conflict. In my understanding the problem is not so much about conflicting license but about mixing compatible

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-28 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Manuel Prinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080528 00:34]: git clone git://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/policy.git Besides the points mentioned in the document, the following points have to be addressed: 1. What license should we use for the document? Is there so much in the worth

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-28 Thread Manuel Prinz
Hi Andreas! Am Mittwoch, den 28.05.2008, 16:52 +0200 schrieb Andreas Tille: What I'm missing is a step by step introduction to git which answers the questions: 1. How can I check out all existing repositories of packages 2. How can I create a new package repository (as I said I'm

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-28 Thread Manuel Prinz
Hi Bernhard, thanks for your feedback! Am Mittwoch, den 28.05.2008, 15:03 +0200 schrieb Bernhard R. Link: * Manuel Prinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080528 00:34]: 1. What license should we use for the document? Is there so much in the worth protectable? Otherwise making it public domain or

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-28 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, 28 May 2008, Manuel Prinz wrote: I'll add a paragraph about that. We can also change it to Debhelper. That's what is discussion is for: To find a consensus about that. At the moment, it is just a suggestion. I think: Suggesting / recommending tu use CDBS where it makes sense if fine -

Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-27 Thread Manuel Prinz
Hello Debian Science, a first draft of the Debian Science Policy is now available in the Debian Science repository and can be checked out with: git clone git://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/policy.git For easier reading, you should transform the document into XHTML. You can simply run

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-27 Thread Jordan Mantha
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Manuel Prinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Debian Science, a first draft of the Debian Science Policy is now available in the Debian Science repository and can be checked out with: git clone git://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/policy.git Thanks for

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, May 27, 2008 at 04:10:18PM -0700, Jordan Mantha a écrit : There was only one spot where I had a question. In the debian/control section it says that the Section field should be science. I can think of a lot of cases where a package would be in sections other than science.

Re: Debian Science Policy: First draft online and open for discussion

2008-05-27 Thread Jordan Mantha
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le Tue, May 27, 2008 at 04:10:18PM -0700, Jordan Mantha a écrit : There was only one spot where I had a question. In the debian/control section it says that the Section field should be science. I can think of a