Re: [Mldonkey-users] OCaml patch / Debian packages / etc

[Jérôme Marant]

MLdonkey <address@hidden> writes:

>>  Also if autobuilding fails there are usually enough volunters to build
>>  or the package is not realy used.
>
> Another solution could be to add the missing sources only for the
> build process, and remove them from the source package. This is
> probably against Debian philosophy ...

  What we can do is to include part of ocaml sources in mldonkey
  source with the patch applied, compile them and then compile
  mldonkey with them.

>
>>  Apart from that, since the donkey protocol is not DFSG free anyway,
>>  mldonkey should come in two flavours. One without donkey support in
>>  main and one with in non-free. Only the later one would need the
>>  patched compiler.
>
> Free or non-free, that is the question ... From my point of view,
> mldonkey is free. The only reason I don't distribute this part of the
> sources is to prevent using them against the eDonkey network. There are
> no commercial reasons !

  What do you mean with 'I don't distribute this part of the sources'?
  I don't get it.

Cheers,

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Jérôme Marant

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