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Package: texinfo
Version: 4.8-7
Severity: normal
Dear Karl!
I am filing this bug against the texinfo Debian package due to the
following problem: The documentation of texinfo and info (texinfo.txi
etc) are distributed under the GFDL ...
with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ...
Now recently the following general resolution of Debian wrt GFDL has
been reached (full text see: http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001)
...
At the same time, we also consider that works licensed under the GNU
Free Documentation License that include no invariant sections do fully
meet the requirements of the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
...
Here you have to note the difference between "invariant sections" and
"Invariant Sections".
Mathematically it would be:
"invariant sections" = "Invariant Sections" + "Cover Text"
Now there are no "Invariant Sections" in the texinfo/info manuals, but
"Cover Texts", which make the documents as they are not distributable in
the *main* part of Debian.
Two resolve this problem we have several options:
- you relicense the documentation in dual GPL/GFDL form (but you told me
that RMS forbids this for GNU documents)
- you remove the requirement on the Cover text
- we have to split texinfo documentation out of the Debian package and
provide the documentation in an extra package texinfo-doc which *only*
can go into the non-free section.
Please inform me how we can continue here. My personal preference would
be one of the first two, as it would not require a new package, but I
will follow your decision.
Best wishes
Norbert
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Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (10, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-rc6-mm1
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Versions of packages texinfo depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
texinfo recommends no packages.
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Source: texinfo
Source-Version: 4.8.dfsg.1-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
texinfo, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
info_4.8.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/t/texinfo/info_4.8.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1.diff.gz
texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1.dsc
to pool/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1.dsc
texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated texinfo package)
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Format: 1.7
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:33:30 +0200
Source: texinfo
Binary: texinfo info
Architecture: source i386
Version: 4.8.dfsg.1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
info - Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
texinfo - Documentation system for on-line information and printed output
Closes: 356916
Changes:
texinfo (4.8.dfsg.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* first version with split out GFDL licensed documentation into
texinfo-doc-nonfree (Closes: #356916)
* switch to debhelper level 5
* add a README.Debian file explaining where the documentation has gone.
Files:
7cc3a6ebf12cfd875e99ce88085e0ea8 636 doc standard texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1.dsc
614273ac8568a25926aae374cd9a6683 1926534 doc standard
texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
cbbb3b28acd5c687eee6109278b79628 99634 doc standard
texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1.diff.gz
792a01ef28a0d8f9536830e0186717b7 681552 text standard
texinfo_4.8.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
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info_4.8.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
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