Hi: I'm the Debian maintainer for libofx and for gnucash. I'm writing to you because you are responsible (in some fashion) for the maintenance of packages which depend on libofx.
Unfortunately, it has come to light that libofx contains non-free software. Importantly, the DTD files which describe the format of OFX data files are apparently non-free. I am in communication with libofx upstream about the issue. It is possible that this will be resolved without too much pain, but I think it is unlikely. I recall having been told that the newer aqbanking stuff does not depend on libofx--but I'm not sure how accurate this is, because there is still libaqofxconnect4 which does depend on it. There are two possible short term resolutions: one is to remove libofx from Debian entirely. The other is to remove only the offending DTD files, which will cripple its operation. I am writing to give you a "heads up" about this. If you have a particular preference for one way or other to deal with the situation, please reply (to all of us, not just to me) with your suggestions. However, we cannot permit libofx to remain with non-free files unless we have a speedy and quick fix. If no such fix appears, and if the correct approach is to remove libofx completely from Debian, the result will be that your packages in unstable will become uninstallable and likely FTBFS. I will make sure to file bug reports with severity "important" if I have made a decision to take that step, and then once the removal happens, the bugs will need to get upgraded to "serious". You may wish to subscribe to BTS #460407 as well. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
