On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:23:05AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli <z...@debian.org> writes: > > Questions for my -policy friends: can I conclude from the above that the > > Disclaimer field is to be used _only_ for contrib/non-free packages, and > > only to explain the reason of their (transitive) non-free-ness? Or is > > there a risk of overloading it for other reasons? (The current text > > implies it is not, but the name is a bit generic, and I prefer safe over > > sorry.) > > I believe the intent was for it to be used only for this purpose. It > probably would have been better to give it a more unambiguous name.
As one of the DEP5 drivers, I believe Russ is correct. -- http://www.cafepress.com/trunktees -- geeky funny T-shirts http://gtdfh.branchable.com/ -- GTD for hackers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140327173202.gd5...@mavolio.codethink.co.uk
