On 10/11/2013 11:05 AM, Ben Finney wrote: >> I don't agree with this view, and neither does the FTP masters. […] >> minimized javascripts. These are considered non-free in Debian. > > Can you point me to an explanation from the FTP masters about this, so I > can understand the issue for this and future packages?
I don't have a specific email from the FTP masters in mind, though there are enough threads about it which you can read in debian-devel@l.d.o. The idea is that minimized javascript is considered as code obfuscation, or compiled-in code, just like you would think about a built .so file: this is not the original source code, this is the output of processing by some program. Also, there is also the fact that we always want to package the "preferred type of file for modification" (or whatever the wording is for this...), and in this regard, minimized javascript do not fill the bill (it is almost impossible to understand and even harder to modify). Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) P.S: Are you on IRC right now? If so, what's your nick? I'm online under the "zigo" nickname. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
