Re: Bug#496349: libfcgi-perl: download link in copyright file is broken
gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:42:19 +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:
>
>>> I don't think the severity is warranted; debian/copyrights lists
>>> the place where the upstream sources were fetched at the time of
>>> packaging. After all web sites are in flux all the time, that's
>>> why we distribute them through our mirror network.
>> I chose the severity because it's a violation of a 'must' clause in the
>> policy (and that's what reportbug advised to set). Of course, I'm very
>> much aware about the fact that web sites change all the time, but I
>> also do find it very important to properly track upstream sources.
>
> I agree that this is technically a policy violation, OTOH it's not
> really difficult to find the module on CPAN:
> http://search.cpan.org/dist/FCGI/
>
>> Other than that, I'm inclined to do an NMU to close the bug - the
>> change is trivial and doesn't affect functionality in the slightest,
>> after all. Therefore, letting the change through should only be a
>> formality.
>
> Sure, but having an upload just for this line doesn't really help,
> and bringing the package up2date might be unwanted during the freeze.
>
> Since Luk has changed the severity I'd appreciate an input from the
> release team's side.
>From the Release Team's point of view this issue is not release critical
so I downgraded it to important.
As the maintainers are active, I don't think there should be any NMU.
Though if the maintainers think it's worth to fix before the release,
it's a change that probably would get a freeze exception.
Cheers
Luk
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