On 27.07.2014 10:23, Martin Erik Werner wrote: [...] > As far as I see it, it is still uncertain whether redeclipse-data > belonging in main is a correct assumption, a re-review of the content > would be needed, from the previous discussion I think it is indeed > *probable* that it would be found fit for main.
I have reviewed redeclipse and redeclipse-data file-by-file. The patches are now attached to this bug report. The licenses are DFSG-free and there is not a single file that wouldn't abide by the rules. The only thing I noticed was a missing license paragraph about a few public domain images which I have added to debian/copyright. The paragraph about the Play* fonts could be removed because it appears you moved the font to a separate package, fonts-play. Otherwise the copyright file was accurate. > I don't think this is an RC bug, since keeping it in nonfree is actually > the "safer" option (albeit a bad one should it be deemed unnecessary). No, this is, was and always will be RC. Fixing this issue during a regular upload was preferable but it seems there won't be another release in time before the freeze thus it was necessary to finally take action. Imagine the gnome-shell maintainers decided to put their package into non-free because they felt it is "safer". It would make all dependencies suddenly uninstallable. You simply can't make arbitrary decisions about the archive sections. Just because Red Eclipse is "just" a game makes the issue not smaller or less important. There is no documented Policy about the term "safer" but the Policy is very precise about Debian's archive areas. [1] If your package is compliant with the DFSG it must be in main because this area "comprises the Debian distribution". Otherwise other software, like my "games-fps" metapackage from the Debian Games Pure Blend, is not allowed to depend or recommend Red Eclipse. Since Red Eclipse is DFSG-free it is a Policy violation. Thus the severity must be "serious". Regards, Markus [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html
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