Thread: Christmas present: Busybox 1.10.0svn for OS2007
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2008-01-05 , 15:14
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#39
Originally Posted by gnexus View Post
Hi cripes,
I'm sorry if you didn't like my last post, but considering the posts above it I felt I had option but to ensure everyone knows that the busybox currently available wasn't mine.
even a cursory read of the thread would have made that clear to anyone.

1. I didn't use Nokia's patches at all in 1.10.0svn. That was in the prior versions I made using debian stuff. I simply referenced them and made certain there wasn't anything extra needed. If I actually did use Nokia's diffs then the package wouldn't even be worth releasing. Also, I left the existing dpkg, as there is no need to replace it.
And that's why your package is broken. You're now just adding ignorance to your arrogance.

2. I hadn't read this thread to know you were creating a package. I'm too busy with other things to sit here reading this thread. That, and the lack of packaging and a repository are what kept me from releasing the tgz before the necessary infrastructure is in place. I apologize for the fact you went to all the trouble, but don't blame me for it. Had you contacted me via a PM I would have responded.
it's easy enough to subscribe to a thread. Your post #15 (http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...5&postcount=15) in reply to my post #14 made it pretty clear you had no plans to make a package available. That's very anti-community and quite frankly, insulting, considering how willing you are to use the work of others.

3. I just want people to know who made the original effort, and that my package is not the other one being referred to. I also want them to know where the package actually belongs [snip]
/bows before the mighty gnexus
do you copyright your bug reports too?

Besides, to use osso in the package name like some people are doing is incorrect, and in violation of Nokia's copyright since osso is for Nokia's closed source stuff...
The deb file name is not the package name. The package name is busybox. Unfortunately, nokia chose to use osso in the version string and make other packages explicitly depend on them. Nothing I can do but use a compatible version string. Given the purpose of the project is to test busybox in order to submit improvement bugs to nokia, I don't think they'll complain too loudly.

Now, instead of me having to respond to posts like this, why don't you just let me get back to coding so we can have some good stuff for these tablets?
Yeah, show us some code. That's all we ever wanted.

I'll be sure to steer clear of both you and your projects in future. I'm also going to start a new thread devoted to testing and improviding busybox packages that are compatible with OS2007 and OS2008 so you no longer have to fear any of my efforts being attributed to you.
Last edited by cripes; 2008-01-05 at 15:32.