On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:45:10AM +0300, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > * Gianfranco Costamagna <costamagnagianfranco@yahoo.it> [2015-11-04 17:38:33+0000] > > Hi, according to [1] [2] [3] FDL with the "no invariant" section is not considered DFSG. > > Well, I moved complexity-doc into 'non-free/doc' (!) section. > > Lintian complains, that I build free and non-free binaries from same > source package, but separating doc into almost-identical source package > and keeping them in sync is insane. (the following is based on my opinion and impressions of how the Debian archive, mirrors, and autobuilders work; if it is incorrect, corrections would not merely be appreciated, but also very much welcome) Well, the problem with this is that if your source package contains files that are distributed under a non-DFSG license, your source package may not be distributed in the Debian archive's "main" section. Thus, it will not be "visible" to the Debian autobuilders and, even if it does build binary packages that target the "main" or "contrib" sections, those packages will never be automatically built and uploaded. Of course, your packages may still be uploaded manually; I believe that this is the way the "non-free" section of the archive works (cue remark about how "non-free" may or may not even be considered a part of the archive). Still, I don't think that this is the way that you would prefer it to happen - every time your package needs to be updated, a Debian developer with upload access should manually build it for all the supported architectures... and, of course, this might have to happen with library transitions, too, most probably leaving your package broken (uninstallable) until somebody steps in, rebuilds it manually, and uploads it. It is certainly ultimately your call as the package maintainer; I just thought you'd want to be aware of the implications :) G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org pp@storpool.com PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint 2EE7 A7A5 17FC 124C F115 C354 651E EFB0 2527 DF13
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