Re: Will woody ever become stable?
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 12:33:18PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 12:07:33PM +0100, Thimo Neubauer wrote:
> > How about the following compromise: if gnuplot is about the last
> > package delaying the freeze, move it to non-free, otherwise wait for a
> > new upstream-release. Would this be ok?
>
> How about: Tear all the offending stuff out of the upstream source and
> rename it to gnuplot_3.x.debian.orig.gz?
>
> This is not nice, but hopefully won't be against Policy or the Social
> Contract?
It is against the law, unfortunately.
That's the whole point! Have you read the thread at all? ;-)
gnuplot has one of those silly (IMO) licenses which forbids modified
tarballs (but allows patch files)
Jules
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