From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?B?VG9tw6HFoSDEjGVjaA==?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: sdcv: Add new variable. Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:40:32 +0100 Message-ID: <20150322214032.GD3826@venom> References: <1426497533-7895-1-git-send-email-sleep_walker@gnu.org> <874mpilmwa.fsf@gnu.org> <20150318122519.GB525@venom.suse.cz> <873852fn9i.fsf@gnu.org> <20150318145616.GB27555@venom> <87wq2d2cxu.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="a2FkP9tdjPU2nyhF" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56348) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YZnbl-0003K8-TV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 17:40:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YZnbi-0004t1-KS for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 17:40:33 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87wq2d2cxu.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?iso-8859-1?Q?Court=E8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --a2FkP9tdjPU2nyhF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 05:02:05PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 =C4=8Cech skribis: > >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 02:28:25PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >>>Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 =C4=8Cech skribis: > >[...] > >>>And at , sdvc describes itself as the >>>=E2=80=9Cconsole version of [the] StarDict program=E2=80=9D, which is not >>>confidence-inspiring. Some files such as dictziplib.cpp do indeed seem >>>to come from StarDict. >> >> I wasn't afraid before but now it works as FUD from the sf.net side >> because the lack of information available. >> >>>Could you check if you can find more information? It=E2=80=99s in Debia= n and >>>not on , which is encouraging. >> >> >> The file you mentioned looks like from stardict project, but was >> originally taken from dictd-1.9.7 as it states and during it's history >> it always had GPL license (started with GPL1). > >Good. > >> But there are also similarities between >> stardict-3.0.4/dict/src/lib/mapfile.h >> and >> sdcv-0.5.0-beta4-Source/src/mapfile.hpp >> >> and that is missing license in sdcv completely. >> >> Further - distance.cpp (GPL) and distance.hpp (no license in header) >> are probably related among projects. > >OK. > >> Lets scratch it whole, I'm not laywer. >> >> When there is webkit package, I may give a try to GoldenDict. > >GNU Dico and the original dictd projects seem to provide comparable >replacements. Would these fulfill the same use cases? > >If the answer is yes, then indeed, let=E2=80=99s remove sdcv and add these >instead. If the answer is no, it may be best to get advice from >gnu-linux-libre@nongnu.org. I don't think I want to invest more time in this package. The code is ready and can be found on mailing list if anyone would like to revive it and request audit. I applied the reverted patch. Thanks. S_W --a2FkP9tdjPU2nyhF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUPNs4ACgkQ37XrCapiVCNKegCfYjo1YlBQtnag2gFo+m5M4EIH PycAn0QdLpMKvsHI22HJTyDn9hW3O6qF =Aux5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a2FkP9tdjPU2nyhF--