Re: Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 12:07:50PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:
>
> > Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes:
> >
> >> I find the wording "convenience copy of library from other software
> >> packages" much more telling than "convenience copy of code from other
> >> software packages" that could be misinterpreted. For example, a lot of
> >> packages include a convenience copy of scripts part of automake
> >> (install-sh, depcomp, etc.). The sentence "Debian packages should not
> >> make use of these convenience copies." seems to imply that they should
> >> not be used.
> >
> > Bleh. That's a valid point and I'm not sure how to deal with it without
> > going back to the previous wording.
>
> One possible distinction is that in the Automake case, Automake
> itself encourages distribution of convenience copies of parts of
> itself. That is, it's the software that is copied, not the
> software that is making use of the convenience copies, that is
> encouraging people to make and use convenience copies.
Yes. This could be written like
"... exceptions to this rule include tools whose normal use case
includes creating convenience copies, such as is the case for the GNU
autotools"
or some such.
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