Andrea Colangelo wrote: > Hi all! > > Jordan Mantha ha scritto: >> Thanks to William Grant (Fujitsu) we have a nice page that tracks the >> Ubuntu and Debian versions of science packages [0]. In particular, the >> "Outdated in Hardy (Sid version > Hardy version)" [1], "Outdated in >> Hardy (Sid version > Hardy version), and Hardy has local changes" [2], >> and "Not in Hardy" [3] sections are ones that we should be looking at. > > I'm working on it. I requested some merges and syncs (mostly for "Not in > Hardy") today, and will request more later and in the next days. I am > not a MOTU indeed, so unfortunately my contributions needs an extra step > (sponsorship) to be approved.
It's great to get new packages from Debian in, but we need to make sure that they have OK licenses to go into Ubuntu. I know several on the "Not in Hardy" list are there because Ubuntu doesn't want them. We might be able to put them in Multiverse though. I always check the "Section:" part of PTS (packages.qa.debian.org) for non-free, etc. I know one of the packages on the list, python-scipy-core, was removed from Ubuntu because it's been replaced by python-numpy. > There are also a number of packages where Hardy has local changes: I'll > try to figure out which of these changes are worth to be sent to Debian > and/or upstream, so that we can shorten our delta. Awesome. > I have a question about "Not in Hardy" packages. I have seen that many > of them are in contrib and non-free. What's the proper way to sync them > in case they should go into restricted? And how can I find if a package > either needs to be in restricted or can join universe? They should go in Multiverse rather than Restricted. And it's a fairly safe be that if it's in Debian non-free then it should go to Multiverse. An exception to that would be documentation packages (-doc) that are licensed under the GFDL or CC-By-SA which Ubuntu is OK with. The best way is to ask the MOTU to have a look. -Jordan Mantha -- ubuntu-motu-science mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu-science
