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Re: Non-source Javascript files in upstream source



Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Non-source Javascript files in upstream source"):
> 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.  That said, I do understand why people want simple rules
> with no exceptions, even if those rules lead to moderately nonsensical
> corner cases.
> 
> I very much doubt that further discussion of this is going to change
> anyone's mind, and I suspect we will simply continue to disagree on the
> requirements until such a time as someone proposes a GR to clarify this
> (if that ever happens).  I don't care enough about the issue to do that
> myself.

I'm starting to get tempted.  If we have a GR on it, regardless of the
outcome, we can stop these arguments a bit sooner.

Ian.


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