Bug#91261: PROPOSED] modernized rewording of X/Motif policy

[Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>]

On 25-Mar-01, 02:45 (CST), Branden Robinson <branden@deadbeast.net> wrote: 
> * Makes this policy cognizant of OpenMotif, which is now packaged for
>   Debian.  Since OpenMotif is non-free, there is no actual policy change if
>   one treats OpenMotif the same as OSF/Motif.  This proposal makes that
>   explicit.
[and]
> +	  <footnote>
> +		OSF/Motif and OpenMotif are collectively referred to as
> +		"Motif" in this policy document.
> +	  </footnote>
[and]
> +	                                           but do so when compiled
> +	  against Motif, then two versions of the package should be
> +	  created; one linked statically against Motif and with
> +	  <tt>-smotif</tt> appended to the package name, and one linked
> +	  dynamically against Motif and with <tt>-dmotif</tt> appended to
> +	  the package name.

If OpenMotif is in the distribution, why do packages need to provide
a statically linked version? Why can't they go in contrib (DFSG) or
non-free (otherwise) with a dependency on OpenMotif, just like other
non-free library using software?

Steve

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Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>