Hello, On Fri 24 Jan 2025 at 02:00pm +01, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 12:08:55PM +0000, Sean Whitton wrote: >> control: tag -1 + wontfix >> >> Hello, >> >> The existing text you're removing was carefully worked out with >> ftpmaster to try to reduce the burden on maintainers. >> Just deleting it would be a clear step backwards. > > That may well be but it does not reflect the reality of > ftpmaster's requirements and is not clear to understand > given it's emphasis on binary package copyright information. > > Best example, if I upload a Python package with an empty copyright > file it will be rejected, despite consisting only of text files > that are verbatim copied into the binary. > > Or if there's a bunch of Windows-only code in the package that > I'm not linking, it might get rejected too because copyright > entries are missing. > > As it stands, the paragraph is completely at odds with reality > of what we require and not helpful. I'm an ftp team member, and I can confirm that the paragraph is not "completely at odds" with reality. -- Sean Whitton
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