-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Travis Willard wrote: > On Dec 17, 2007 4:22 AM, Karolina Lindqvist > <karolina.lindqvist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> SUGGESTION 1: >> Have a central repository for all the source files needed by archlinux, and >> modify makepkg so that when the source cannot be found on the original place, >> it is gotten from this backup repository. That way makepkg will always work >> on a package. >> >> SUGGESTION 2: >> Have a spider that goes through the abs tree, and check if every source file >> is available. When a source is found missing on its original place, an email >> is sent to the respective developer for action. Until he fixes the problem, >> the backup source file repository will provide the source. > > We've actually discussed hosting the sources somewhere on our own > servers, but nothing has come of it yet. > It's worth plugging a reminder that Arch's failure to do this so far is a violation of the GPL for all GPL-licensed packages. This should be implemented as soon as possible. David Moore -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHZmvaOP+t1LlaoiERAmlIAJ485rS0l/D+jSYm8Qa0K8oV6KqUTwCdGy6L nn+VI0yfHoDnKlYViex9Ff8= =v/1S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
