Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Non-recompilable binaries in source and binary packages (Adobe Flash strikes again)"): > Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes: > > If you have this situation you have to have two separate source > > packages; one in main which builds only the free parts, and one in > > non-free which builds only the non-free parts. > > I don't believe this is correct. Source packages in main can build > binaries in contrib, and I believe the problem with not being able to > rebuild with free tools is more of a contrib thing than a non-free thing.
Well, some maintainers have been rebuilding source packages to remove things like RFCs and non-free-GFDL documentation. Perhaps not everyone has. > But I'm not certain, which is why I was hesitating to reply to the first > message. It looks like there's confusion in this area. Perhaps policy could be clarified. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/19561.8118.350610.700...@chiark.greenend.org.uk