Hello Bastien, On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 01:45:34PM +0100, Bastien ROUCARIÈS wrote: > I get some problems when reporting bug detected by source-is-missing > tag in lintian. > > The main problems are: > * minified javascript is source > * I remove it using rules > * It is not a problems because not included in the binary forms > > [...] > > I believe we should offer on policy pointer to ftp master reject faq > and some description of common problems.
Policy currently defers to the DFSG for a definition of what counts as free software for Debian's purposes. Thanks to the DPL's delegation of the ftp-masters, Policy defers to the DFSG plus the ftp-masters jointly. If we included text in Policy about common ways in which a package could fail to satisfy DFSG, Policy would effectively cease to defer to the ftp-masters. I don't think that Policy has the authority to do that, and I don't think it would be desirable. A footnote with a link to the REJECT-FAQ sounds useful. Here's a patch. > Maybe it belong to devref. Perhaps that should be a separate bug, if we're going to use this one to discuss adding a footnote with a link to the REJECT-FAQ. -- Sean Whitton
From 61b4453023dcc844e2a49966eea6ea8a1eea725b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 10:52:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add a footnote linking to the REJECT-FAQ
---
policy.xml | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/policy.xml b/policy.xml
index 782bd88..e0010ab 100644
--- a/policy.xml
+++ b/policy.xml
@@ -580,6 +580,14 @@
<para>
Every package in <emphasis>main</emphasis> must comply with the
DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines).
+ <footnote>
+ <para>
+ Debian's FTP Masters publish a <ulink
+ url="https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html";>REJECT-FAQ</ulink>
+ which details the project's current working
+ interpretation of the DFSG.
+ </para>
+ </footnote>
</para>
<para>
In addition, the packages in <emphasis>main</emphasis>
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