Author: branden
Date: 2004-04-21 11:21:49 -0500 (Wed, 21 Apr 2004)
New Revision: 1290
Modified:
NEWS.xhtml
Log:
Add item regarding re-packing of xfree86 .orig.tar.gz.
Modified: NEWS.xhtml
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--- NEWS.xhtml 2004-04-21 15:55:49 UTC (rev 1289)
+++ NEWS.xhtml 2004-04-21 16:21:49 UTC (rev 1290)
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@
<h2 id="news">News and announcements</h2>
+ <p>[21 April] <strong>The next release of XFree86 packages to Debian
unstable will be versioned
+ 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1, not 4.3.0-8.</strong> Some files in the upstream source
distribution contained object code with no
+ corresponding source, which violates the Debian Free Software Guidelines
(see <a
+ href="http://bugs.debian.org/242865";>Debian bug #242865</a>). Debian <a
+ href="http://www.debian.org/social_contract";> pledges</a> to distribute
only free software in its OS, be it in
+ source packages or binary packages, and sourceless object code is not free
software. Thus, the xfree86 package's
+ <code>.orig.tar.gz</code> is being regenerated to rectify this problem.
<address>branden</address></p>
+
<p>[23 March] <strong>ViewCVS is working with the Subversion repositories
again.</strong> I have NMUed Debian's
<code>viewcvs</code> package and deployed this NMU on necrotic.
<address>branden</address></p>
