On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:19:38AM -0400, David Nalley wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Paul W. Frields<stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:44:21PM -0500, Ian Weller wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 07:21:09PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > >> > I got a couple steps further on Zikula, after I fixed my system from > >> > being bitten by a missing nss-mdns.x86_64 package: > >> > > >> > * Ian Weller got me briefed on how to do a good package review these > >> > days > >> > > >> > * Got a package review done for David Nalley (php-File-Bittorrent2) > >> > > >> > * Started working on Mediashare module > >> > > >> > * Buffed up on how to package phpSmug properly > >> > > >> > Not as far as I would have liked to get, but per usual I had to fight > >> > my way past ignorance and inexperience to get there. The good news > >> > is, I'm ready to do better work this weekend if time allows! > >> > > >> Stuff I got done: > >> > >> - rebuilt the FE-ZIKULA dependency tree so that dependencies are in the > >> right places > >> - (please don't just tag everything related as FE-ZIKULA, if something > >> is blocking a review request or the like set that as the blocker) > >> - started working on MediaAttach and reached a level of doom emphasized > >> by licensing (noncommercial crapola) issues and bundled libraries > > > > The licensing situation in some of these modules is pretty ugly, no > > doubt. It's a great thing that the Zikula guys are working with us to > > resolve them, but I hope we can get traction soon since we'd like to > > have our system off the ground in August. > > > > And while they hate the pain of the work involved. they do realize > that this is beneficial to them. They are essentially getting a > licensing audit for free. And just as we are getting help from them, > we are returning that help. Nothing like a win-win! Karsten put it well here: http://iquaid.org/2009/07/16/fedora-zikula-infrastructure-of-freedom-ftw/ Paul -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
