On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:39:10 +0100 Brendan Sleight wrote: > On 18 September 2010 17:25, Francesco Poli <f...@firenze.linux.it> wrote: [...] > > But the two files are still there, it seems: > > http://live.debian.net/gitweb?p=live-manual.git;a=tree;f=html;h=59f1d83bacbeeb560da1a05287c468bee9fae7de;hb=30f57268ba82463e46f9627a687c6c0603918677 [...] > Yes the files are still in the Git repository. Please re-read the > above and the git commit. > > The *package* does not contain these files. The package (against which > you files the bug) no longer contains the files.
I trust your word for it. Sorry for doubting this before: I was assuming that everything in the git repository ended up in the source package... > The online manual > links to the files (in the git repository - but these are not in the > source of the package), Hence the online manual is still non-free, even though with the non-free part stored in a separate place... Not a bug in the Debian package, but something to fix anyway, I would think! > > For example, I could in a package have a html file which points to > http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo1w.png the link > does not make the *package* non-free. As long as that package does not > contain the file(s), it is free. Such hypothetical package would not include non-free files, that's true, but that HTML file would not be readable in its intended form when off-line, for instance. I would tend to consider such package as flawed... > > Again I really hope this clarifies why the bug on the package is closed. The debian/copyright file still seems to need an update, though. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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