what do u think about package this owncloud

[Adrian Alves]

http://owncloud.org/

[Rex Dieter]

On 05/23/2012 08:58 AM, Adrian Alves wrote:
>  http://owncloud.org/ 
Brave souls have looked it it in the past, and concluded it would be a 
lot of work address all the bundled software included...

That said, kudos to anyone who picks up the torch and runs with it.

-- rex

[Robyn Bergeron]

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu&gt; wrote:
>  On 05/23/2012 08:58 AM, Adrian Alves wrote:
> >
> > http://owncloud.org/
>
>
>  Brave souls have looked it it in the past, and concluded it would be a lot
>  of work address all the bundled software included...
>
>  That said, kudos to anyone who picks up the torch and runs with it.
>  
Bingo. I'm sure if you brought it up on the cloud sig mailing list [1]
that you might get some further information (or encouragement or
help).

-robyn

[1] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud
>  -- rex
>  --
>  packaging mailing list
>  packaging(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging

[Adrian Alves]

what about the license for fedora?

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu&gt; wrote:

>  On 05/23/2012 08:58 AM, Adrian Alves wrote:
>
> > http://owncloud.org/
> >
>
>  Brave souls have looked it it in the past, and concluded it would be a lot
>  of work address all the bundled software included...
>
>  That said, kudos to anyone who picks up the torch and runs with it.
>
>  -- rex
>  --
>  packaging mailing list
>  packaging(a)lists.fedoraproject.**org <packaging(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>
> https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/packaging<https://a...

[Marc Deop Argemí]

On Wednesday 23 May 2012 09:01:40 Rex Dieter wrote:
>  On 05/23/2012 08:58 AM, Adrian Alves wrote:
>  > http://owncloud.org/
>  
>  Brave souls have looked it it in the past, and concluded it would be a 
>  lot of work address all the bundled software included...
>   
Excuse my ignorance but... If it's all bundled... why is it so difficult to package?

[Brendan Jones]

On 05/23/2012 04:29 PM, Marc Deop i Argemí wrote:
>  On Wednesday 23 May 2012 09:01:40 Rex Dieter wrote:
> > On 05/23/2012 08:58 AM, Adrian Alves wrote:
> >> http://owncloud.org/
> >
> > Brave souls have looked it it in the past, and concluded it would be a
> > lot of work address all the bundled software included...
> >
>
>  Excuse my ignorance but... If it's all bundled... why is it so difficult to package?
>  --
>  packaging mailing list
>  packaging(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging 
Its forbidden. See 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries

[Rex Dieter]

On 05/23/2012 09:29 AM, Marc Deop i Argemí wrote:
>  On Wednesday 23 May 2012 09:01:40 Rex Dieter wrote:
> > On 05/23/2012 08:58 AM, Adrian Alves wrote:
> >> http://owncloud.org/
> >
> > Brave souls have looked it it in the past, and concluded it would be a
> > lot of work address all the bundled software included...
> >
>
>  Excuse my ignorance but... If it's all bundled... why is it so difficult to package?
bundling libraries are strongly discouraged by policy:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Treatment_Of_Bundled_Libraries
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries

-- rex

[zxq9]

On 05/23/2012 11:31 PM, Brendan Jones wrote:
>  On 05/23/2012 04:29 PM, Marc Deop i Argemí wrote:
> > On Wednesday 23 May 2012 09:01:40 Rex Dieter wrote:
> >> On 05/23/2012 08:58 AM, Adrian Alves wrote:
> >>> http://owncloud.org/
> >>
> >> Brave souls have looked it it in the past, and concluded it would be a
> >> lot of work address all the bundled software included...
> >>
> > Excuse my ignorance but... If it's all bundled... why is it so
> > difficult to package?
> >
>  Its forbidden. See
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries 
Easy to package once, just today; an impossible, infectious, highly 
virulent waking maintenance nightmare later.

One of the primary reasons promising repos and distros often go under.

[Marc Deop Argemí]

On Wednesday 23 May 2012 09:32:54 Rex Dieter wrote:
>  bundling libraries are strongly discouraged by policy:
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Treatment_Of_Bundled_Libraries
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries 
Thanks Brendan and Rex for the quick responses and clarifications :)