On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org> wrote:
> * Samuel Bronson <naes...@gmail.com>, 2012-01-21, 13:44:
>
>>>>> * Package name    : gcc-4.5-doc-non-dfsg
>>>>
>>>> Does "non-dfsg" really need to be a part of source package name? What if
>>>> FSF decides to free the documentation one day?
>>>
>>> Then this source package will disappear, and its binary will be built
>>> from pristine gcc sources.
>
> Right, that was a silly argument. Thanks for pointing that out.
>
>> As for the name, a quick look at the changelog will show that I obtained
>> it by replacing "4.4" with "4.5" in the name of the source package that mine
>> is based on.
>
> Still, I see no reason to include "dfsg" or "non-dfsg" in any package name
> (other than maybe "I want to repeat mistakes of my predecessors" :P).

Yeah, basically. I'd be quite happy to change the source package's
name if that would get it uploaded sooner :-).


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