Le Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 07:44:08PM +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES a écrit : > > I was trying to check why a package was in contrib (jabref), and I could not > find a means to do that automatically. > > Could we add an automatic mechanism based on package description, for getting > the reason, like for instance, why-contrib: reason
Dear Bastien, starting from version 3.8.0, our Policy states: ‘Packages in the contrib or non-free archive areas should state in the copyright file that the package is not part of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and briefly explain why.’ Since jabref has a Standards-Version of 3.8.0, I think that you can submit a bug report to ask the maintainers to add this information. For the packages using a machine-readable Debian copyright file, I propose to put this kind of information in a field that can for instance be called ‘Disclaimer’. If this format gets popular, a Lintian check will be trivial to write, to ensure that contrib and non-free packages include the statement recommended by the Policy. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
