Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Below is a revised patch that puts the text into section 12.5 instead of > here and simplifies the language a little. I think the major open > question is how to handle the fact that it makes contrib and non-free > packages instabuggy; this is a real chicken and egg sort of thing. I > can see a few options: > > * Live with the instabuggy problem at the should level. > > * Say that packages may include this information (entirely optional), > possibly with a footnote that says this may be upgraded in the future. > This is somewhat unsatisfying since it doesn't say anything that isn't > already true -- people already can put this in copyright -- but it > avoids the problem of making existing packages buggy while still > providing some documentation somewhere that this is a good idea. > > * Punt to the Debian Developer's Reference and suggest it be put it there > first, and only revisit Policy if in the future it seems useful to put > it here. > > Preferences? Comments? And if you agree with the first option, seconds?
I have gotten no further feedback on this proposal other than some questions about whether contrib and non-free are subject to Policy (they are, according to Policy). I would like to resolve this bug for the next Policy release, but I don't want to just commit patches on my own say-so. Could those reading the Policy list please review this patch and and either second or indicate a preference for a different option so that we can resolve this and close this bug? Thanks! > --- orig/policy.sgml > +++ mod/policy.sgml > @@ -8675,7 +8675,14 @@ > In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream > sources (if any) were obtained. It should name the original > authors of the package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were > - involved with its creation.</p> > + involved with its creation. > + </p> > + > + <p> > + Packages in the <em>contrib</em> or <em>non-free</em> categories > + should state in the copyright file that the package is not part > + of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and briefly explain why. > + </p> > > <p> > A copy of the file which will be installed in -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
