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Re: Bug#839570: Browserified javascript and DFSG 2 (reopening)



>>>>> "Adrian" == Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:

    Adrian> On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 05:54:55PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
    >> >>>>> "Adrian" == Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:
    >> 
    Adrian> In other words, the best way forward for getting any
    Adrian> decision would be an RC bug against perl claiming that the
    Adrian> Configure script is not DFSG-free.
    >> 
    >> This RC bug was filed, and I think everyone involved including
    >> the Perl maintainers agreed it was RC.
    >> 
    >> I'd be really surprised if the TC or FTP team disagreed about our
    >> need to be able to regenerate the perl configure script using
    >> tools only in Debian.

    Adrian> RC bug #762638 was resolved with
    Adrian> https://sources.debian.net/src/perl/5.24.1~rc3-3/debian/README.source/#L128

Sigh.
I'm entirely unsatisfied by that conclusion and disagree with the Perl
maintainer's decision.

I think that if the metaconfig.git sources for the version of perl in
Debian were also in Debian,
then the README.source discussion would be sufficient.

    Adrian> Are you saying Pirate Praveen could also use this solution
    Adrian> for browserified javascript in main?

No.
The circumstances are different in nontrivial details and I think the Perl
maintainer is wrong.

--Sam


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