[Fink-devel] python bsddb bindings

2004-05-12 Thread Frederic Gobry
Hi folks, I'd like some advice as a beginner packager... I've written an. info for http://pybsddb.sf.net/ (quite easy, as it uses distutils). Now, the issue is that this package works with any combination of: - Berkeley DB 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 - Python 2.2 and 2.3 What is the usual policy in that

[Fink-devel] Scipy fails to compile with g77 3.4-20031015-2

2004-05-12 Thread Sébastien Maret
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I noticed that scipy-py23 fails to compile with g77 3.4-20031015-2 (from 10.3 stable branch) but compiles well with g77 3.4.0-2 (from 10.3 unstable branch). Jeff, you may add a BuildDepends line in your package to correct this. Sebastien - --

Re: [Fink-devel] python bsddb bindings

2004-05-12 Thread Christian Schaffner
On 12.05.2004, at 13:20, Frederic Gobry wrote: I'd like some advice as a beginner packager... I've written an. info for http://pybsddb.sf.net/ (quite easy, as it uses distutils). Now, the issue is that this package works with any combination of: - Berkeley DB 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 I would just depend

[Fink-devel] Licence type for CFITSIO

2004-05-12 Thread Sébastien Maret
I've written a fink package for the CFITSIO library, but I don't know which licence type is appropriate (OSI-Approved ?) . From the licence file: Copyright (Unpublished--all rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States), U.S. Government as represented by the Administrator of

Re: [Fink-devel] Licence type for CFITSIO

2004-05-12 Thread Benjamin Reed
Sébastien Maret wrote: I've written a fink package for the CFITSIO library, but I don't know which licence type is appropriate (OSI-Approved ?) . From the licence file: OSI-Approved should be fine, the majority of it (the first part) is essentially a BSD license, and then a small part uses a

Re: [Fink-devel] Licence type for CFITSIO

2004-05-12 Thread David R. Morrison
Benjamin Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sébastien Maret wrote: I've written a fink package for the CFITSIO library, but I don't know which licence type is appropriate (OSI-Approved ?) . From the licence file: OSI-Approved should be fine, the majority of it (the first part) is

Re: [Fink-devel] Licence type for CFITSIO

2004-05-12 Thread Benjamin Reed
David R. Morrison wrote: Sorry, I have to disagree. Unless your package takes the steps outlined in the license to avoid the use of the GPL'd code in the library, the entire package should be marked as GPL (since the GPL will apply to any other package linking to the library). Ah, that's true.

Re: [Fink-devel] python bsddb bindings

2004-05-12 Thread Frederic Gobry
I would just depend on db 4.2, since earlier version (4.0, 4.1) had serious problems on Mac OS X (especially on multiprocessor machines). thanks for the tip. no known issues with 4.2 I hope ? (I've bad memories of picking a dependency that was just painful to support afterwards) Look how

[Fink-devel] Scipy failed to compile with g77 3.4-20031015-2

2004-05-12 Thread Sébastien Maret
I noticed that scipy-py23 fails to compile with g77 3.4-20031015-2 (10.3 stable branch) but compiles well with g77 3.4.0-2 (10.3 unstable branch). Jeff, you may add a BuildDepends line in your package to correct this. Sebastien -- Sébastien Maret Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble BP 53