Hi all,
I hope many of you are already aware of REUSE. For those of you who aren't, a short intro: REUSE is a set of best practices to make licensing and copyright easier for everyone – especially for developers who want to make the terms of reuse of their software clear. The focus is on simplicity. Read more: https://reuse.software
Now, REUSE provides a helper tool, written in Python. People can install it via PyPi, download packages via Arch's AUR or NixOS, or just build it from source [^1].
But there is no official Debian package yet! And that makes it harder for users and developers who want to improve the reusability of software.
Is there anyone who would be interested helping us getting this done, and who has experience with Debian packaging? If so, please let me know!
There already is an inofficial package, but it would be great to channel this into the common Debian infrastructure:
https://git.ostc-eu.org/OSTC/packaging/reuse https://git.ostc-eu.org/OSTC/packaging/license-expression (dependency)
Best, Max
[^1]: https://git.fsfe.org/reuse/tool/
Hi all,
~ Max Mehl [2021-04-28 15:23 +0200]:
But there is no official Debian package yet! And that makes it harder for users and developers who want to improve the reusability of software.
I have been pointed to the following resource that indicates that there is an experimental package already that went under our radar so far:
https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/reuse_0.12.1-1.html
But if someone here is still interested in contributing to this, please ping me. Also, I am certain that also Debian Developers are happy to receive some help by others :)
Best, Max
Hi!
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 2:07 AM Max Mehl max.mehl@fsfe.org wrote:
Hi all,
~ Max Mehl [2021-04-28 15:23 +0200]:
But there is no official Debian package yet! And that makes it harder for users and developers who want to improve the reusability of software.
I have been pointed to the following resource that indicates that there is an experimental package already that went under our radar so far:
https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/reuse_0.12.1-1.html
But if someone here is still interested in contributing to this, please ping me. Also, I am certain that also Debian Developers are happy to receive some help by others :)
I reviewed the Debian packaging at https://salsa.debian.org/debian/reuse and it looks good to me. Now we just sit and wait for it to be processed in the Debian NEW queue: https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html
If reuse wants to be perfect, please consider shipping a man page so users can run 'man reuse' on their system. If the output of 'reuse --help' and 'reuser --version' follow normal conventions, you should be able to generate a man page with help2man (https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/).
- Otto
Hi Otto,
~ Otto Kekäläinen [2021-05-10 05:49 +0200]:
I reviewed the Debian packaging at https://salsa.debian.org/debian/reuse and it looks good to me. Now we just sit and wait for it to be processed in the Debian NEW queue: https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html
Excellent, thanks for your review!
If reuse wants to be perfect, please consider shipping a man page so users can run 'man reuse' on their system. If the output of 'reuse --help' and 'reuser --version' follow normal conventions, you should be able to generate a man page with help2man (https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/).
Yes, we already have an issue for that. If someone wants to take a short, please feel free to open a PR :)
https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/issues/334
Best, Max