Hi, On 13/07/16 17:43, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jul 2016, Sam Hartman wrote: >> However, here we're asked to give advice on whether something is >> source code. Is the question of what is the source code for a given >> package technical, and thus within our remit? > > I think that's a narrow enough technical question for us to exercise > 6.1.1 or 6.1.4, but I think the original decision on this question > involves the ftpmasters (who have already accepted this package, but > possibly without addressing this issue) or the release managers (who > don't appear to have made a decision as to whether this bug is RC or > not). > > I'd certainly be more comfortable if the ftpmasters and release managers > would weigh in here.
The release team position on this is: "All content in main and contrib must meet the DFSG, both in .debs and in the source (including the .orig.tar.gz)" (From https://release.debian.org/stretch/rc_policy.txt). Which I think is perfectly sensible and reasonable, and I doubt there is any controversy on that. Now the question is whether this particular code is "source" or not. I think that is up to the ftp team to decide. Cheers, Emilio
