Hi ftpmaster, Michael Stapelberg <stapelb...@debian.org> writes:
> Hi ftpmaster, > > Michael Stapelberg <stapelb...@debian.org> writes: > >> Hi ftpmaster, >> >> FYI: Public upstream discussion is at >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.go.devel/74454 >> >> Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> writes: >>> It appears there are binaries in the source tarball. Those will need to >>> be removed - I understand they're just for the test suite; yes, this >>> isn't great, but it's needed to comply with the DFSG. >> The binaries in question are test data in the directories >> src/pkg/debug/{elf,macho,pe}/testdata/ >> >> This specific part of the source is an ELF parser. >> >> Those are not executed during compilation and they are not shipped in >> the final package(s). >> >> Paul pointed out that it would be better to have the source for them and >> build them during compilation. However, even if they were deleted and >> the source was added, on Debian, we could not generate >> e.g. src/pkg/debug/elf/testdata/gcc-amd64-openbsd-debug-with-rela.obj >> because we don’t run on the OpenBSD kernel. >> >> Thus, enforcing the rule in this case does not seem helpful to me. It >> would decrease coverage of the testsuite on the machines/kernels/archs >> we care about. Also, I think the intention (to have source for >> everything you run) does not even apply here, since these binaries are >> never run. >> >> What do you think? > It has been over a week since this message. Consider this message a > friendly ping. It has been nearly a month now since my last ping. Consider this message another friendly ping. In case you are working on this and my messages just annoy you, please tell me so. Nothing worse than radio silence :). -- Best regards, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
