Hi, A couple of weeks ago, I announced an ITP for tkseti, a GUI frontend for the SETI@Home client for unix. Some people suggested then, that I also try packaging the client as well. So here goes. I contacted the SETI@Home upstream programmers. They want people to download the binaries only from their website, but will permit distribution of an installation wrapper package. Here is a brief description: ---------------------------------- Description: SETI@Home Client (install package) SETI@home is a scientific experiment that harnesses the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data. There's a small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the faint murmur of a civilization beyond Earth. . SETI@Home is only distributed in binary form and has to be downloaded from http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/unix.html and placed in $TMPDIR (or /tmp if $TMPDIR is not defined). Download for platform i386-pc-linux-gnulibc1. ----------------------------------- Question: I think the setiathome package should go into the misc section. Would it be contrib/misc or non-free/misc ? I noticed that installation packages for even commercial software (e.g. metro-x), where one has to download the tarballs to /tmp seems to goes under contrib. Setiathome is not commercial, but source is not available, However, all we would be distributing is the installation wrapper. So - contrib or non-free? Thanks for any pointers! Gopal -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gopal Narayanan Ph #: (413) 545 0925 Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory Fax#: (413) 545 4223 University of Massachusetts e-mail: gopal@fcrao1.phast.umass.edu Amherst MA 01003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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