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and subject line "Browserified" stuff
has caused the Debian Bug report #839801,
regarding Browserified javascript and DFSG source
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package: ftp.debian.org
Hi ftp masters,
A bug was filed against libjs-handlebars (#817092) with severity serious for
missing source code.
I approached TC about this issue as I did not agree to this interpretation
(#830978). But they asked me to talk to you.
I reopened that bug here #839570.
So I request ftp masters,
1. To make an official ruling on this issue.
2. If this is considered RC, give an exception to stretch release so there is
enough time to package grunt and fix this properly. I believe moving these
packages to contrib/non-free is not an ideal solution as many users will have
to enable these sections to install packages like diaspora, gitlab, pagure,
prometheus etc.
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severity 817092 serious
thanks
Hi
we had a discussion inside the FTP Team about the "browserified js"
issue. We understand that "browserified" refers to various changes to
the original source, from concatenating multiple (local and remotely
fetched) files together, arbitary transformations (down to something
akin to compilation), minifying and others. Not all "browserification"
may necessarily use all of those ways.
- "Browserified", even if it may end up editable by others, is not the
preferred form of modification as upstream uses, as such it is not
source.
- "Browserified" files can be shipped in Debian unmodified, same as (for
example) PDF files from upstream can. But it is the maintainers
obligation to ensure that they are rebuildable within Debian, so their
original source must be provided within the source package or be
reachable via build-dependencies (in case of concatenations). If this
can not be done (source or tools missing), they either have to be
removed or the package must move to either contrib or non-free.
- We acknowledge that it appears to be a big task to provide a proper
"browserification" environment within Debian. Due to the freeze coming
up we would understand the Release Team granting an RC exception for
stretch for such non-sources already in main, with the condition that
this will not extend to another release.
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bye, Joerg (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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