Re: Build-depending on non-free package

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr <debian-devel@liska.ath.cx>, 2014-08-14, 09:46:
> I've uploaded a package to contrib [1], that needs a non-free package 
> (pgplot5) as build dependency. While it builds nicely on my local 
> pbuilder (after adding non-free), it fails to build on the buildds [2].

This is bug #690282.

> Also, I am wondering about the section and priority: The control file 
> [3] and the dsc file has contrib/science and optional, but the PTS 
> lists them as contrib/misc and extra. Who changed that,

ftp-masters

> why is this done,

I wonder about this too.

> and shouldn't the uploaded/maintainer be informed about such changes?

Yes, that'd be a polite thing to do.

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Jakub Wilk