Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread John Hasler
Glenn Maynard writes: > gnu-standards is obviously unlikely to be relicensed, and can't be > rewritten Of course it could be rewritten (though a rewrite should be retitled). Standards are ideas, not expression. -- John Hasler

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 04:12:35PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 09:34:20PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > I think it might be a good thing if you orphan this package before you > > ask for removal, especially as you (and we all) know that GFDL-docu is > > allowed in the up

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Glenn Maynard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041204 22:25]: > 2004-004 is not "allow non-free documentation in main for Sarge; we > don't care"; it's "allow non-free documentation in main because we don't > have time before Sarge to deal with it all". In no way does it discourage > maintainers with the ti

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Ben Pfaff
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think it might be a good thing if you orphan this package before you > ask for removal, especially as you (and we all) know that GFDL-docu is > allowed in the upcoming release of sarge. The rationale for that is that it's too much trouble for maintain

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 09:34:20PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > Please remove the gnu-standards package (that I maintain). Its > > use of the GNU FDL violates Debian's DFSG, so it cannot remain in > > the distribution. > > I think it might be a good thing if you orphan this package before you

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Ben Pfaff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041204 18:25]: > Package: ftp.debian.org > Version: 2004-12-04 > > Please remove the gnu-standards package (that I maintain). Its > use of the GNU FDL violates Debian's DFSG, so it cannot remain in > the distribution. I think it might be a good thing if you orpha