> By either of the two solutions, you need to repack the upstream
> source to remove the problematic files, just like what we did with
> other packages to make their source tarball DFSG free.

This waf issue has nothing to do with being DFSG free.
It is a policy question concerning making examining sources more
convenient for people and automated tools.

Doing this

  ./waf --help &> /dev/null
  mv .waf-*/waflib waflib
  sed -i '/^#==>$/,$d' waf
  rmdir .waf-*

cannot magically change non-free into free.

> And, if you don't want to bother for future releases, persuade and
> help upstream to use another build systems like Automake and CMake.

In the case of minidjvu, the upstream ALREADY DOES use autoconf.
The sources contain a configure.ac file.
Again: the waf file is *not used* in the Debian build.

Which is why I am not so worked up about this issue.  It seems to me
that the convenience of examining sources is only an issue for sources
that are actually used.

                                        --Barak.



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