Bug#420701: debian-policy: GFDL is now in common-licenses
severity 420701 minor
thanks
Hi,
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:27:44 +0200 (CEST), Santiago Vila
<sanvila@unex.es> said:
> base-files_4.0.0, just uploaded for unstable, has now the GFDL in
> common-licenses (as both GFDL-1.2 and a symlink GFDL -> GFDL-1.2).
> Therefore, the paragraph in policy saying "Note that the GFDL is new
> here, and the license file may not yet be in place in" should be
> removed.
Thanks for the update.
> Please don't use such over-cautious language next time, as it delays
This was not over cautious language. It reflected the actual
situation, and was worded so the reader was aware that there was a
matter of timing.
> the final wording needlessly. Just state that the license is there, as
> if it was already there, and everything else is just a bug in
> base-files.
Why? You wanted us to release Etch without base-files? Or with a
policy violation that would nominally have been a serious bug but would
have been ignored for Etch? Added yet another issue for people to
nitpick on, and perhaps add to the woes of the release process? This
makes no sense, compared to the actions actually taken.
The way it was done, the reader was made aware that the
situation with respect to policy and base-files was in a state of flux;
and I doubt if people were confused.
A mismatch between what policy said and reality would have cause
more confusion. Seems like what we did was the better path.
> If you are worried about "timing issues", we can do this:
> 1. Policy is officially ammended by the policy procedure, but a new
> debian-policy package is not uploaded yet.
Then the official policy has not changed, and no one really can
see the new language. We might as well have not done it.
> 2. A bug is submitted against base-files (or just somebody tells me
> about it).
> 3. The new base-files package having a new license is uploaded.
> 4. The new debian-policy package is uploaded afterwards.
Sounds like a whole lot of to do about a very little thing.
manoj
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