Hello, On Tue 06 May 2025 at 02:11am +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>> If we can't be sure if the package will build ok or not depending on >> external factors, >> then the package does not really contain the complete source code, so this >> is not >> only a reproducibility problem but also a DFSG-compliance issue. > > This is stretching the DFSG definition too much. Do we really want to > interpret DFSG like this? We are testing functionality of the package that > uses internet. So we should not have any tests that will confirm any features > that uses internet? > >> Not only the .deb should always be the same, also the tests which pass or >> not pass >> should also be the same. > > You are stretching DFSG here and I don't think this interpretation is actually > helpful. It only adds unnecessary constraint to ourselves on our ability to > test features that needs internet. The FTP team already interprets the DFSG this way, so it's not a stretch. -- Sean Whitton
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