Bug#849853: [debian-policy] Document source-is-missing lintian kind of problems
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
> Policy currently defers to the DFSG for a definition of what counts as
> free software for Debian's purposes. Thanks to the DPL's delegation of
> the ftp-masters, Policy defers to the DFSG plus the ftp-masters jointly.
> If we included text in Policy about common ways in which a package could
> fail to satisfy DFSG, Policy would effectively cease to defer to the
> ftp-masters. I don't think that Policy has the authority to do that,
> and I don't think it would be desirable.
Agreed. This area is also fairly controversial and fluid, whereas Policy
(at least right now) is very static and slow-moving, so I think we would
run a very high risk of incorporating rules that the project then changes
and thereby adding to the confusion.
> A footnote with a link to the REJECT-FAQ sounds useful. Here's a patch.
As much as I don't like footnotes, this does seem like a good use of one.
I second your patch (not that I really need to since it's informative).
Seems like a good thing to merge.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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