[Pcgen-trackers_code] [JIRA] Commented: (CODE-110) Produce Deb files for Linux installation

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Henk Slaaf commented on CODE-110:
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Also, we need to work out all licenses for all files.


* I now see that all code is GPL 2.1. All data is GPL 2.1 as well? 
* Who holds copyright for datafiles? They need to go into the copyright file. Do we ask contributors to sign over the IP to some entity? I know I have contributed, but I never signed anything over :) Would be willing, though.



Then there is some licensing in lib/. Are there simply binary reproductions of other libraries? In that case Debian (and Ubuntu) disapprove. They need to be either available in source or if they are available as a shared library in the repository, used as the shared library. We need to provide copyright and source information in any case (GPL, MIT, other licenses require this).

/usr/share/java/jep-2.4.1.jar
/usr/share/java/xmlunit1.0.jar
/usr/share/java/xercesImpl-2.5.0.jar
/usr/share/java/avalon-framework-cvs-20020806.jar
/usr/share/java/xalan-2.5.2.jar
/usr/share/java/junit-4.1.jar
/usr/share/java/fop.jar
/usr/share/java/clover.jar
/usr/share/java/jdom.jar
/usr/share/java/pcgen.jar
/usr/share/java/MRJ141Stubs.jar

In any case, these need to be moved to a separate directory, because for example xalan is provided by Debian in a different binary, so it might conflict.

> Produce Deb files for Linux installation
> ----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CODE-110
>                 URL: http://jira.pcgen.org/browse/CODE-110
>             Project: Code
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Installer - Linux
>            Reporter: David R. Bender
>            Assignee: Henk Slaaf
>         Attachments: pcgen.out
>
>
> SourceForge ID: 1906065
> New Summary: Produce Deb files for Linux installation
> Type: New Feature
> Priority: Minor
> =====
> Details:
> For those of us who use Debian-Linux it would be very nice if there were .deb files available.
> Submitted:
> smitty ( smittythesmith ) - 2008-03-03 01:31:32 EST
> =====
>  Date: 2008-10-29 20:35:34 EDT
> Sender: fluxxdog
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> 1) Provide .deb files
> 2) It would be nice to be in the Ubuntu MultiVerse, as Ubuntu seems to be
> where much of the non-datacenter/raised-floor Linux user base is today
> 3) If we do this for Debian, we should really create .rpms for Red Hat
> Considering I'm a Debian user, doesn't sound bad. As PCGen is OGL and
> Open Source, we should be able to get it in the main repositories. The
> only issue is if we can actually get it in the free heading. They may look
> at it as being part of contrib since technically some of they stuff do
> require copyrighted sources. (I.E. "See Text")
> Date: 2008-03-03 09:35:48 EST
> Sender: thprProject Admin & Donor
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> A .deb file is how software packages are released on Debian Linux systems
> (Ubuntu included). A high level description of what one contains and what
> is involved in making it is here:
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/
> Depending on how far this is taken it can serve multiple purposes.
> The base purpose of it would be to make installation (and removal) of
> PCGen on Debian easier. Although given that we aren't updating things in
> any system directories of Debian, the primary purpose would probably be to
> set the dependencies in order to ensure that other things (e.g. Java) are
> already installed.
> A secondary purpose would be that certain tools (e.g. aptitude) could be
> taught of a PCGen repository and thus automatically detect updates when we
> posted them.
> If we do this, we really need to do 3 things:
> 1) Provide .deb files
> 2) It would be nice to be in the Ubuntu MultiVerse, as Ubuntu seems to be
> where much of the non-datacenter/raised-floor Linux user base is today
> 3) If we do this for Debian, we should really create .rpms for Red Hat
> Date: 2008-03-03 03:25:18 EST
> Sender: jdempseyProject Admin & Donor
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> Could you provide some more information please? Some things it would be
> good to know are what are .deb files, how would we build them and how would
> they be useful? A recommendation on a decent reference site would also be
> helpful please.
> Thanks,
> James Dempsey
> PCGen Code Silverback

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