From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 9 21:30:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49DEAD52; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 21:30:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-x22a.google.com (mail-bk0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4008:c01::22a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 766011E00; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 21:30:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f42.google.com with SMTP id jk13so2599886bkc.29 for ; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:30:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=NOQG+xAgkhyY7qXatqaLiOD6QxL4oY03UQAiLCI2ucE=; b=zhYfMiZOVsdhq44PuZSVPRZnAOyaOEM+MIaPsQ6wXGc+4y7QpDbyzg3pa/30OZwKj4 K+4l2RunPls7BOpqvlFxIiwNYveSOk9Fh/ybkKk7tPRB1x6rC2CYJf8r0zIw1CLV3N6E 9esdqrQkv5kbYluGgcQwieT+UbEOkl3E5HCsrqLa7EGeTQe0hvxyOL8AYgAjZhxBhs5m P0epB4tfkcUHgsphTaMORAD92icp0mzs8oCwJH0tBTk7KHSsY7HPRXrjvVit3GVaYtC+ uM1yeOw87I3DyLGvkt4D+EwdeU6xPCO0Br08B7k0gxKvKGfVj1Z7nlOfRMyI1ygxOdlW TI2Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.204.198.9 with SMTP id em9mr4303846bkb.131.1373405454330; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:30:54 -0700 (PDT) Sender: chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: by 10.205.2.69 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 14:30:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20130709113553.GP67810@FreeBSD.org> <20130709165939.GP91021@kib.kiev.ua> <0657575A-BF3A-486F-9582-C01E0FD97E38@bsdimp.com> <51DC4712.20707@coosemans.org> <6E057FD0-9054-44CD-A806-3AFD8A7196CC@bsdimp.com> Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 14:30:54 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: g9drUccFXo_XAWdfrl_N_HWp_KY Message-ID: Subject: Re: libutil in Debian From: Justin Hibbits To: Robert Millan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Konstantin Belousov , Tijl Coosemans , Gleb Smirnoff , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:30:56 -0000 On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > 2013/7/9 Justin Hibbits : > > What about importing the necessary functions into the glibc libutil for > > Debian? This way it stays as libutil, and if glibc imports the > functions to > > itself there's less to worry about. If glibc's libutil started out life > as > > libbsdcompat, then I think it would be appropriate to merge as needed. > > Even assuming they'd agree, which is unlikely, FSF would require > copyright assignment paperwork, to be signed and physically mailed by > each contributor. This would apply to future updates as well. > > The paper itself is no big deal (author retains the right to license > the software under any terms they wish), but hunting down contributors > to persuade them to sign the papers is definitely not what I had in > mind when I started this thread ;-) > > -- > Robert Millan > I was thinking more in terms of adding the functions to the debian local patch set. I don't know how intrusive it would be, but it may be worth looking into. - Justin