Package: ckeditor version: 3.0+dfsg0-0.1 user: debian...@lists.debian.org usertags: source-is-missing user: lintian-maint@d.o usertags: source-is-missing severity: serious X-Debbugs-CC: ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org
Dear package maintainer, dear ftpmaster, Ckeditor package seems to include some files that lacks source in prefered forms of modification. *.js (minified) According to Debian Free Software Guidelines [1] (DFSG) §2: "The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form.". This could also constitute a license violation for some copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL (It is the case GPL/LGPL/MPL need the source so cc ftpmaster) In order to solve this problem, you could: 1. repack the origin tarball adding the missing source to it. 2 add the source files to "debian/missing-sources" directory Both way satisfies the requirement that we ship the source. Second option might be preferable due to the following reasons [2]: - Upstream can do it too and you could even supply a patch to them, thus full filling our social contract [3], see particularly §2. - If source and non-source are in different locations, ftpmasters may miss the source and (needlessly) reject the package. - The source isn't duplicated in every .diff.gz/.debian.tar.* (though this only really matters for larger sources). If this is a false-positive, please report a bug against Lintian. You could also ask debian-qa for more guidance. In this case it seems svn is the only part of upstream that include source. [1] https://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html#guidelines [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736873#8 [3] https://www.debian.org/social_contract --- Please enter the report below this line. --- --- System information. --- Architecture: amd64 Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-amd64 Debian Release: jessie/sid 900 testing security.debian.org 900 testing http.us.debian.org --- Package information. --- Package's Depends field is empty. Package's Recommends field is empty. Package's Suggests field is empty. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
