Bug#747032: RFS: libjs-zxcvbn/1.0+dfsg.1-1
Hum... Yesterday, in #debian-mentors (IRC), bremner confirmed that
buildd block the Internet access.
[15:27] <eriberto> Hi! A package in main can't download files when
building. But in Debian Policy the §2.2.1 doesn't is clear about it.
Can I use the §2.2.1 to this case?
[15:29] <bremner> eriberto: no amount of policy-lawyering will
magically give you network access on the buildd
[15:31] <eriberto> bremmer, ok. So, to confirm, the buildd doesn't
have Internet access, right?
[15:31] <bremner> correct.
[15:31] <bremner> in any case, it makes no sense for a source package
to download things. How could the ftp-masters possibly check such a
thing?
[15:32] <eriberto> Yeap.
[15:32] <eriberto> I think that is a DFSG violation too.
[15:33] <bremner> I guess. It seems kindof hypothetical.
[15:34] <eriberto> A discrimination against persons that no have
Internet access. These person can't build the package.
[15:35] <bremner> ok, but aside from a Debian themed trivia quiz, why
is it important to decide?
[15:35] <geofft> what are you actually trying to do?
[15:36] <geofft> (there's some discussion on debian-devel that access
to the Debian archive itself is a special case)
[15:36] <geofft> (but chances are your package is not a special case,
which is why I"m asking :) )
[15:38] <eriberto> I am replying about a package that needs sponsor.
[15:39] <eriberto> But is all right. Thanks guys!
[15:39] <bremner> In that case I'd restrict yourself to the
non-philosophical point that package will just be rejected by
ftp-masters, and if it isn't, it will ftbfs everywhere
[15:40] <eriberto> Yes. I am writing about why the package can't be
put in Debian.
Jackub, do you have conviction that buildd has Internet access?
Nevertheless, the download when building is undesirable.
Cheers,
Eriberto
2014-09-11 8:07 GMT-03:00 Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>:
> I completely agree that downloading anything at build-time is a no-no,
> but...
>
> * Eriberto Mota <eriberto@debian.org>, 2014-09-10, 15:45:
>>
>> 3. The buildd system, that builds packages in Debian, don't have access to
>> the Internet.
>
>
> This is a common misconception. Buildds do not block Internet access.
> (Although hopefully they will do this in the future!)
>
> --
> Jakub Wilk
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