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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources (was: Incoming Distros at libreplanet)
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Matias A. Fonzo |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources (was: Incoming Distros at libreplanet) |
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Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:19:34 -0300 (ART) |
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> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:56:34 GMT
> address@hidden (Karl Berry) wrote:
>
>> After the recent
>> mail, I also added another check for GNU webmasters to make -- that the
>> sources are readily available.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> Speaking of - what did it actually mean "that the sources are readily
> available"?
>
> Did it mean that a project must actually host the sources of all contents
> of the distro (including sources of Linux, GNU, Xorg, GNOME, KDE, etc.)?
> This would mean a considerable amount of resources must be spent for that,
> which could be a problem for small projects.
>
> Or would it be enough for the project to host just their own sources plus
> a building mechanism which fetch the sources from their primary locations
> (e. g. from
> ftp.gnu.org for GNU)? That's what many distros with a ports-like system do
> (like Parabola and ConnochaetOS).
>
> I know little about how other free distros handle this situation.
> Gnewsense and Trisquel as Debian based distros have the sources in their
> repository and I think BLAG offers source-RPMs.
> But I wasn't, for example, able to locate sources from dyne:bolic and
> Dragora (I didn't search very hard, though).
>
The sources of Dragora is available via the (public) Mercurial repository:
https://trac.usla.org.ar/hg/Dragora
https://trac.usla.org.ar/hg/Dragora/file/e53da37613b6
I distribute local copies of original sources with a manifest of all the
sources and packages. Using lzip[1] for the small size.
[1] http://lzip.nongnu.org
Regards,
Matias
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, (continued)
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Joshua Ismael, 2010/10/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Jason Self, 2010/10/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Karl Berry, 2010/10/13
- [GNU-linux-libre] Sources (was: Incoming Distros at libreplanet), Henry Jensen, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources, Bryan Baldwin, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources, Henry Jensen, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources, Karl Goetz, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources, Henry Jensen, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources, Karl Goetz, 2010/10/15
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources (was: Incoming Distros at libreplanet), jaromil, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources (was: Incoming Distros at libreplanet),
Matias A. Fonzo <=
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Karl Goetz, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Sam Geeraerts, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Karl Berry, 2010/10/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Rubén Rodríguez, 2010/10/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Karl Goetz, 2010/10/15
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet, Rubén Rodríguez, 2010/10/14