Re: bsnes 0.051+
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Julian Sikorski <belegdol(a)gmail.com> wrote:
as of 0.051, bsnes is now GPL. This is not the only change, however.
It
also now requires an additional library [1] to support compressed ROM
images. The problem is that this library seems (at the first glance)
contain mostly duplicated code from rar, 7-zip and friends, albeit
modified. I have no skills nor time to try patching it up to use
system-wide libs, so I have no idea how to proceed. For now, I have
requested the latest bsnes build not to be pushed to stable, but it is
of course only temporary.
I have attached a preliminary spec file, which gets the job done. The
thing is whether we are willing to accept such a chunk of (at least
partially) duplicated code to save the ability of bsnes to use
compressed ROM images.
Anyway, This is what Fedora Packaging Guidelines say:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries
It is quite clear that a reviewer could not accept the package as it is. Sorry.
BTW have you checked that all the bundled library licenses are
compatible with the GPL used by bsnes?
Bye,
Andrea.