Bug#676784: Policy §10.5 and .jar file noticeable exception
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:12 AM, Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> wrote:
> Le Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 06:57:35AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
>> Le Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:13:12AM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit :
>> >
>> > A .jar file is not a compressed file in the sense it is not meant to be uncompressed
>> > with unzip or zless etc.
>>
>> I agree. Shall we close that bug ? Or add the above as a footnote if it is
>> felt necessary ?
>
> Hi all,
>
> if there is no futher input within a few days, I am going to close this bug, as
> it is based on a clearly erroneous interpretation of the Policy.
>
> If a clearification is necessary, how about adding "in "sense it is meant to be
> uncompressed with unzip or zless etc." either in parenthesis of as a footnote.
IMO a note in parenthesis or a footnote would help a lot. Then I guess
it can be closed, since there is another #539315, which can be closed
only after fixing lintian.
Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
Cheers,
Eugene
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