Bug#1078158: RFS: gcc-doc uploads
Soren,
On Mon, 16 Sept 2024 at 22:27, Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Dmitry,
>
> debian/source/format lists this package as 3.0 (native). Is Debian the
> upstream for this package?
Yes, see how gcc-defaults handle the same case.
> You should delete the debian/compat file as it is deprecated.
>
> In debian/control you should build-depend on "debhelper (= 13)".
Ack.
> You should add "Rules-Requires-Root: no” to debian/control (I assume you don’t
> need root to build this package).
Ack.
>
> As an example, see:
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/soren/privacybrowser/-/blob/master/debian/control?
> ref_type=heads
>
> debian/copyright says:
>
> Source: <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.9.1/gcc-4.9.1.tar.bz2>, notice
> that this package only contains several license files.
>
> Is that current?
Yes, we haven't been updating it since that time, it wasn't required.
>
> Comment:
> This package was put together by Nikita V. Youshchenko <yoush@debian.org>
> on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:34:35 +0400.
> .
> Copyright (C) 2006, Nikita V. Youshchenko <yoush@debian.org>
>
> This looks obsolete (replaced by the debian/* entry).
Ack.
>
> Can you give me a little bit of background on why parts of this package are
> non-free? I am having a hard time imagining that the Free Software Foundation
> released a bunch of documentation that isn’t DFSG-free.
The documentation is released under GFDL with invariant sections. It's
considered non-DFSG-free.
--
With best wishes
Dmitry
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