tags 621479 pending quit On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 10:49:29AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Justin B Rye <j...@edlug.org.uk> writes: > > > I was just looking at the incoming version of policy, and it occurred to > > me: is there any particular reason why there still needs to be a section > > in policy for "The OSF/Motif and OpenMotif libraries"? It defines the > > circumstances under which packages compiled against non-free Motif > > should be given names with -smotif or -dmotif suffixes; but the last > > such package left in the archive vanished or switched to LessTif > > somewhere around about Sarge. The only remaining rdeps of libmotif4 > > that I can see anywhere in Debian are the other members of the openmotif > > source package. > > Yeah, this whole section looks completely obsolete. I think we should > just remove it entirely. Objections or seconds? > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 91173a5..9b4a93e 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -9370,41 +9370,6 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]: > policy (such as for <ref id="appdefaults">). > </p> > </sect1> > - > - <sect1> > - <heading>The OSF/Motif and OpenMotif libraries</heading> > - > - <p> > - <em>Programs that require the non-DFSG-compliant OSF/Motif or > - OpenMotif libraries</em><footnote> > - OSF/Motif and OpenMotif are collectively referred to as > - "Motif" in this policy document. > - </footnote> > - should be compiled against and tested with LessTif (a free > - re-implementation of Motif) instead. If the maintainer > - judges that the program or programs do not work > - sufficiently well with LessTif to be distributed and > - supported, but do so when compiled against Motif, then two > - versions of the package should be created; one linked > - statically against Motif and with <tt>-smotif</tt> > - appended to the package name, and one linked dynamically > - against Motif and with <tt>-dmotif</tt> appended to the > - package name. > - </p> > - > - <p> > - Both Motif-linked versions are dependent > - upon non-DFSG-compliant software and thus cannot be > - uploaded to the <em>main</em> distribution; if the > - software is itself DFSG-compliant it may be uploaded to > - the <em>contrib</em> distribution. While known existing > - versions of Motif permit unlimited redistribution of > - binaries linked against the library (whether statically or > - dynamically), it is the package maintainer's > - responsibility to determine whether this is permitted by > - the license of the copy of Motif in their possession. > - </p> > - </sect1> > </sect> > > <sect id="perl">
Applied to the git repository, Thanks! -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
