Le Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 10:49:29AM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit : > > 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 > index 91173a5..9b4a93e 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -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> > > <sect id="perl"> >
Seconded. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110407231337.gb27...@merveille.plessy.net
