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Bug#460015: gfortran-doc: could be updated to depend on gfortran-4.2-doc



> > Since this is related to "gcc-dco-non-dfsg" infrastructure, I think
> > this should be postponed until "FDL docs in gcc" is resolved. Which
> > will probably happen only when gcc-4.3 enters unstable.
>
> Do you mean to imply that gcc 4.3 documentation will be licensed under
> something other than GFDL?  If so, that's great news!  Would you happen
> to have a link to somewhere I can read more about this?

No, I don't believe that GCC documentation license will change.

Overall situation is the following.

Short before etch release, GFDL docs have been considered non-free and 
removed from main. So it very looked like etch will be released without 
gcc documentation at all. I did not like it, and created gcc-4.1- 
doc-non-dfsg [non-free] and gcc-doc-defaults [contrib] packages that 
provided documentation.

After etch release, gcc packages started to build documentation again. 

FYI:

> > > > Currently, gcc-4.2-doc *is* in main. Does this mean that FDL
> > > > paranoia has gone to past, or gcc-4.2-doc is in main just in error
> > > > - I don't know. But depending on this, either non-free and contrib
> > > > packages should be updated, or gcc-doc should be provided by
> > > > gcc-defaults (as it was some time ago).
> > > >
> > > > Matthias, could you please comment on this?
> > >
> > > please see my comment in #442445
> >
> > from #442445:
> > > won't fix this before the 4.2.3 and 4.3.0 releases
> >
> > Not very verbose :)
> >
> > Could you please answer what is going to be changed at the time of
> > 4.2.3/4.3.0?
>
> the man pages and -doc packages won't be built anymore with the final
> 4.2.3/4.3.0 releases.
>
> > Will you handle documentation issues yourself?
>
> I won't touch the non-free -doc packages.
>
> > Or my non-free/contrib packages are will be needed again?
>
> most likely.

So unless Matthias changes his mind, I think the best strategy is to update 
documentation packages when "final 4.2.3/4.3.0 releases" will be uploaded, 
and not bother until then.

Nikita

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