-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Boris,
On 08.11.2011 15:58, Boris Pek wrote: >> qxmpp, Qxt, eiskaltdcpp, miniupnpc, parseUri, lightbox, >> hunspell/myspell (and anything else in 3rdparty or third-party dirs) >> are either already in Debian or should be packaged separately, you >> should not include them in the binary package or tarball. > > You are really mistaken at this point. Maybe you have read my description > inattentive or I have write it not enough clean. So I should explain here... > ... > All these files were carefully described in suitable sections of > debian/copyright file. And I don't see any reason to break current structure > of > the package. I'm sorry, but our policy is very clear on this point. Please refer to §4.13 [1] for some more background. While it is not a strict must requirement for every case, there are very good reasons to avoid embedded code copies whenever possible. I'd consider your case as "when possible" which makes it somewhat unlikely to find a sponsor for it as is, which would upload your package. Note, some popular packages aren't part of Debian for this very same reason. Think of xbmc for example [2]. We, as a distribution have to be very careful when embedding libraries and third party applications into a package. You can happily do that upstream if the respective licenses allow that, but such a package is not maintainable in a distribution for the general public. Think of security updates, transitions and other updates and we didn't even talk about the waste of space yet. That's especially true for you, who are embedding regular packages into your binary package which works fine for ... well a lot of reverse dependencies. If it does not work for you as is with your upstream source, well, I'd expect the problem to be with it rather on your side. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-embeddedfiles [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469397 - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOuXxEAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtQX4QAIWAtali7SBRti9j/8r/g8eA kygbHuYMNBCpkfq6VtJJUNITygWgCn/Fj0+bKM7phOWkcoK6xTkbGJB9k2OZYTkz wnkTci7EehJj+DTOgS3oyNDtzGI/9wV5gSuV7SoeXk5UK6wkk+Wu1U4YwYDbfdvJ kkcdKDhAZOxihjqii82Lq4HsosLyUytvosJV8khtvzttZ6YC3skju2QjRZzVLvuE 0BakI+CuG3NZivRRKdeeQ1cRxCTYWoVWS0fo47i1X1sRscHslhxfr8kwICJB03Yk 3ZtKtYetlGFoZydK8NOuZcW+PXs3MrEaRiX2P4Z9OVzS0BOmA2m0MMJa4s8a4cD+ W/bTFyGFwQDjLs/wDSmUnSizC+Q+6uQ4YzQR7FxfAc3CCnQ1RFlvoGJH5krAMdi7 v8x85YavjqeE013XB/RpE1KXcMfDrI0YAqiaf2vp2uXoweDKv09hDFbWcnfwQTS4 eOfW1xONuQpy32o+KeB47JF/sXhEbST+gL1iYxIVJ86UKjILT3gQIjocRCMmKRLY 9gXsI+6AOgWG9FiFBHI57XQ6SUO/DXi6Je9UhyP/M09QcckZdfXmsVXjjZP9sdWd TGkhD7n5C60Hl3iJBLx8xFBHdcmr9nGw2FOZygMtJqpb3wV3xlTwD/XEE/KvS+Qp m+bLeXfKDPvd3b4+kSKI =2WZU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
