Justin B Rye <j...@edlug.org.uk> writes:
> I was just looking at the incoming version of policy, and it occurred to
> me: is there any particular reason why there still needs to be a section
> in policy for "The OSF/Motif and OpenMotif libraries"? It defines the
> circumstances under which packages compiled against non-free Motif
> should be given names with -smotif or -dmotif suffixes; but the last
> such package left in the archive vanished or switched to LessTif
> somewhere around about Sarge. The only remaining rdeps of libmotif4
> that I can see anywhere in Debian are the other members of the openmotif
> source package.
Yeah, this whole section looks completely obsolete. I think we should
just remove it entirely. Objections or seconds?
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
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--- a/policy.sgml
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@@ -9370,41 +9370,6 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
policy (such as for <ref id="appdefaults">).
</p>
</sect1>
-
- <sect1>
- <heading>The OSF/Motif and OpenMotif libraries</heading>
-
- <p>
- <em>Programs that require the non-DFSG-compliant OSF/Motif or
- OpenMotif libraries</em><footnote>
- OSF/Motif and OpenMotif are collectively referred to as
- "Motif" in this policy document.
- </footnote>
- should be compiled against and tested with LessTif (a free
- re-implementation of Motif) instead. If the maintainer
- judges that the program or programs do not work
- sufficiently well with LessTif to be distributed and
- supported, but do so when compiled against Motif, then two
- versions of the package should be created; one linked
- statically against Motif and with <tt>-smotif</tt>
- appended to the package name, and one linked dynamically
- against Motif and with <tt>-dmotif</tt> appended to the
- package name.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Both Motif-linked versions are dependent
- upon non-DFSG-compliant software and thus cannot be
- uploaded to the <em>main</em> distribution; if the
- software is itself DFSG-compliant it may be uploaded to
- the <em>contrib</em> distribution. While known existing
- versions of Motif permit unlimited redistribution of
- binaries linked against the library (whether statically or
- dynamically), it is the package maintainer's
- responsibility to determine whether this is permitted by
- the license of the copy of Motif in their possession.
- </p>
- </sect1>
</sect>
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