Re: Non-source Javascript files in upstream source

[Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>]

Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

> Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> >> 2014-04-26 07:51 Ben Finney:
>
> >>> If it's in the Debian source package, it is distributed as part of
> >>> Debian.
>
> You should probably not assume [that statement to be uncontroversial
> within the Debian project].

Thanks. I note, though, that your stated position doesn't contradict the
above point: that Debian source packages are part of Debian.

> Rather, you should probably assume that most people are uninterested
> in having this argument for the 14th time.

I can certainly sympathise with that.

> I continue to hold to my position that distributing sourceless files
> in source packages, provided they are under a free license and not
> used as part of the process of building binary package, is a nuisance
> rather than a meaningful DFSG violation and not worth spending project
> time and resources on.

Okay. Is it accurate to say, then, that you and I agree these files are
distributed as part of the Debian source package, and thereby part of
Debian?

If so, then I understand your position as being that, while these are
sourceless files distribuited as part of Debian, they do not constitute
a problem worth spending resources to address.

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Ben Finney