-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I have just read Bug #14355, in which Ian Jackson said about qmail-src:
This package has no reason to exist and should be withdrawn. We distribute source as .dsc/.diff.gz/.orig.tar.gz. Well, this package exists for two reasons: 1) Because license does not allow to distribute a binary. 2) Because there is not an easy method for downloading a source package by using dselect or existing tools. To solve 1), we would have to change the license, but we can't because we obviously do not own the copyright... To solve 2), we can either: a) Modify dselect/dpkg so that it allows retrieving and unpacking source packages as well as binary packages. b) Allow .deb "source" packages like qmail-src, as an exception for the rule "we distribute source as .dsc/.diff.gz/.orig.tar.gz" for non-free packages. Since a) is clearly not going to be done for hamm, I don't see really a reason why -src packages should be "forbidden". Ian, why do you still think that qmail-src should not exist? Are you the only one? [ I intent to package pine-src ]. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNUiWTyqK7IlOjMLFAQG6SwP6AjzuHQ6swwuztxD6FSE0AgdogfKNBUid rnggu/JkP4YR9jOgb98dVHDlavVlx0wJT6KOvu6LfCSKXFClrK4+dvW19KkPv+3I O8OoU1pBf+rtuzgDtIUP/NT0/TfDBtOk/Q2zFZNOyV4cdCt0n8HzLwHXFKsLxJ1Q gT6EAybjvO8= =Vo/j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
