Re: [GNU-linux-libre] dyne:bolic 3.0 beta1 - comments welcome!

[Sam Geeraerts]

Jaromil wrote:
> hi Rubén,
>
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2011, Rubén Rodríguez wrote:
> would be nice to have a script that checks presence of packages, i'll
> produce this as development progresses

Our script [1] for the Debian based gNewSense version may be of 
interest. It comes down to creating a full mirror and then deleting all 
blacklisted packages.

> > * The official repository seems to lack the source code for most of
> > the binaries on the live cd.
>
> i guess i need to refine my reprepro recipe to mirror sources?
> going to check that.
>
> yet the main way to distribute code for d:b will be via phisical
> media.

As Bradley Kuhn mentioned more than once on the Software Freedom Law 
Show, when it comes to distributing GPLv2 code, option (a) of section 3 
(providing source along with the binary) is the path of least headache.

[1] 
http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/gnewsense/metad/annotate/head:/cron.daily/99_archive-sync