On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 10:28:16AM -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
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_.
Agreed.
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.
Agreed.
I'm not sure that the GCS really makes this distinction clear enough; if
it did this clarification would probably not be needed.
Isn't this a tautology? The GCS doesn't make the distinction *at all*. It
doesn't even mention the issue. That is why we are having this discussion.
J'
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