On Wed, 2015-07-08 at 15:22 +0200, John Darrington wrote: > Ok. How about appending this clarification: > > "This restriction does not apply to pre-configuration scripts or > programs intended for use only by developers of the package."
I think we need to be very clear about the distinction between the process of _creating a package for release_, and the process of _building a released package_. I think we agree that it's OK to download stuff from the internet while creating a package for release; for example in GNU make the package release procedure automatically downloads the latest translations. I'm not sure that the GCS really makes this distinction clear enough; if it did this clarification would probably not be needed.
