Re: Is it tolerated to have compiled libraries in a package?

[Matt Brubeck <mbrubeck@cs.hmc.edu>]

Eric Lavarde wrote:

> the new version of FreeMind is coming with a whole lot of pre-compiled
> libraries (jar files to be precise). Some of these libraries already
> exist in Debian, so fine; one isn't free but I can do without, so
> acceptable (it's the online help, so it's not so nice, but well); and
> three are not (yet) packaged in Debian, so what? [...]
>
> Is it acceptable to keep the pre-compiled libraries as part of the
> freemind package until someone creates these packages?

No, sorry.  This would violate DFSG 2 ("The program must include source
code").  It would also prevent the security team from easily patching
those libraries.