On 04.07.21 14:51, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: > Hi, > > Quoting Jens Reyer (2021-07-04 14:36:13) >> On 08.04.21 22:47, Johannes 'josch' Schauer wrote: >>> a recent threat on debian-devel [1] revealed that winetricks falls into the >>> same category as other packages that are happily sitting in main. >>> Specifically, winetricks not only allows to download non-free software but >>> also DFSG-free software like dxvk or faudio. As such it is in the same >>> category as many other packages in main that allow to download both free >>> and non-free binaries from the internet if the user requests it to do so. >>> >>> Since other packages that allow to download and run non-free stuff are >>> allowed in main I think winetricks can be uploaded to main. >>> >>> The advantage would be that this would make it easier for our users to >>> install winetricks. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> cheers, josch >>> >>> [1] https://lists.debian.org/20210404091701.eum2iid4ffvpfn3v@frifot >> >> thanks, I agree that winetricks can be moved to "main". Although the thread >> was not completely in favor of doing so, I think there was a loose consensus >> that this is ok. >> >> I'm a DM, so I can't upload to NEW which (afair) is required for such a >> change. I'd appreciate it if you or some other DD directly took care of >> that after the freeze (without me preparing this trivial change upload). >> >> Since I'm in the process of stepping down as Debian maintainer I generally >> welcome anyone taking over winetricks maintainership. > > I would upload the package to main/experimental today if you have no > objections? > > Thanks! > > cheers, josch > Thanks, please go ahead. If you have access to the git repository please upload your changes also there, otherwise send a "git am"-able commit per mail. Or I'll import your changes later on.
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