Re: Bug#393411: Source package contains non-free IETF RFC/I-D's

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Martin Zobel-Helas <zobel@ftbfs.de> writes:

> Hi Simon,
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 01:48:50PM +0200, Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> wrote:
>
>> Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> writes:
>> 
>> > * Simon Josefsson (jas@extundo.com) [061016 13:19]:
>> >> I went over many packages looking for names of likely non-free files,
>> >> and there may be false positives.  If this is the case for your
>> >> package, I'm sorry for the noise.
>> >
>> > Sorry, but that is unacceptable behaviour.
>> 
>> Do you have suggestions to improve the situation?
>
> Reading and understanding 7.1.1 of the Developer's Reference.
>
> There it says:
> | If you report more than 10 bugs on the same topic at once, it is
> | recommended that you send a message to debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> | describing your intention before submitting the report, and mentioning
> | the fact in the subject of your mail.
>
> Common understanding of this is, that the Subject of an E-Mail should
> contain the the words "Mass Bug Filing".

I did post one week ago to the list and mentioned that 73 source
packages were affected, and that I'll file bugs unless someone
objects:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal/27498/focus=27568

Mass-filing bugs regarding this has also been discussed before:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal/25993/focus=99847

If the common understanding is that the Subject: should include "Mass
bug filing", perhaps that could be codified in the Developer's
Reference, to avoid similar problems in the future.

I'd agree that I should have manually checked all files before
submitting the reports, though.

/Simon

PS.  For some reason, both posts ended up in the g.l.d.d.legal
hierarchy on gmane, but they were posted to debian-devel, which the
pages themselves also indicate.