This one time, at band camp, Francesco Poli said: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:27:57 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > > [...] > > While I doubt I would have trouble updating the package within 28 > > days of an upstream release, I doubt that Debian would like to > > commit to that, and certainly the package would have to remain > > unreleased. > > > > So I think this would require a package name change. Any other > > opinion on that? > > It would also require the package(s) to be moved to the non-free > archive, I think. Then I think you've misread. Patch clauses and name change clauses are explicitly allowed under the DFSG, although they are discouraged for obvious reasons. The fact that some revisionists dislike them doesn't make them fodder for non-free. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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