Hum... Yesterday, in #debian-mentors (IRC), bremner confirmed that buildd block the Internet access.
[15:27] <eriberto> Hi! A package in main can't download files when building. But in Debian Policy the §2.2.1 doesn't is clear about it. Can I use the §2.2.1 to this case? [15:29] <bremner> eriberto: no amount of policy-lawyering will magically give you network access on the buildd [15:31] <eriberto> bremmer, ok. So, to confirm, the buildd doesn't have Internet access, right? [15:31] <bremner> correct. [15:31] <bremner> in any case, it makes no sense for a source package to download things. How could the ftp-masters possibly check such a thing? [15:32] <eriberto> Yeap. [15:32] <eriberto> I think that is a DFSG violation too. [15:33] <bremner> I guess. It seems kindof hypothetical. [15:34] <eriberto> A discrimination against persons that no have Internet access. These person can't build the package. [15:35] <bremner> ok, but aside from a Debian themed trivia quiz, why is it important to decide? [15:35] <geofft> what are you actually trying to do? [15:36] <geofft> (there's some discussion on debian-devel that access to the Debian archive itself is a special case) [15:36] <geofft> (but chances are your package is not a special case, which is why I"m asking :) ) [15:38] <eriberto> I am replying about a package that needs sponsor. [15:39] <eriberto> But is all right. Thanks guys! [15:39] <bremner> In that case I'd restrict yourself to the non-philosophical point that package will just be rejected by ftp-masters, and if it isn't, it will ftbfs everywhere [15:40] <eriberto> Yes. I am writing about why the package can't be put in Debian. Jackub, do you have conviction that buildd has Internet access? Nevertheless, the download when building is undesirable. Cheers, Eriberto 2014-09-11 8:07 GMT-03:00 Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org>: > I completely agree that downloading anything at build-time is a no-no, > but... > > * Eriberto Mota <eribe...@debian.org>, 2014-09-10, 15:45: >> >> 3. The buildd system, that builds packages in Debian, don't have access to >> the Internet. > > > This is a common misconception. Buildds do not block Internet access. > (Although hopefully they will do this in the future!) > > -- > Jakub Wilk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAP+dXJf64AvBac6gtz0JoArXLpLRJytT++=ewdkmyq_o2p9...@mail.gmail.com
