❦ 18 octobre 2016 23:01 +0200, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> : >>> I think it's clear that the TC believes that this package is not DFSG >>> free. >>> I think it's clear that the TC believes perl would be better if the >>> situation was improved. >>> I thought it was clear we believed perl had a DFSG issue, although IRC >>> discussion today makes that less clear. >>> I don't think the value of having the TC formally say any of those >>> specific things is very high. >>>... >> >> Please describe the relevant differences between browserified javascript >> and perl that make the TC believe that the former has a DFSG issue but >> the latter probably has not, in a way that I can deduct what the TC >> would believe regarding the similiar problem related to SQLite. > > Configure in Perl is a build tool, and appears amenable to manual > patching. > > Browserified Javascript is hardly human-editable, and it is shipped as > part of built packages. I don't think this is the debate. The debate is around pre-minified versions. Those versions are also human-editable and amenable to manual patching. -- ... A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity. -- Mark Twain
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