Your message dated Sun, 3 May 2026 11:08:50 -0400 with message-id <caaajcmzsv9e3sbppa2hqcgs_bpwpoaxkv9-tqkgcexrsas5...@mail.gmail.com> and subject line Re: Bug#1135385: serious: gnome-control-center enables donation nag by default, violating Debian Social Contract Clause 4 has caused the Debian Bug report #1135385, regarding serious: gnome-control-center enables donation nag by default, violating Debian Social Contract Clause 4 to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: gnome-control-center Version: 1:49.0-1 Severity: serious Tags: policy-violation The GNOME donation popup, enabled by default in gnome-control-center, violates Debian Social Contract Clause 4: "We will be guided by the needs of our users and free software community. We will place their interests first." This feature imposes an external fundraising agenda, justified by the GNOME Foundation’s “critical financial situation”, without user consent. It is not a minor annoyance; it is a policy violation that undermines Debian’s ethical foundation and user trust. This is directly comparable to Debian Bug #964359, where SMPlayer’s donation nag was patched out because it threatened Debian’s reputation by turning the distribution into “shareware hell.” The same principle applies here. Maintainer’s prior response to Bug #1120511 (November 11, 2025), dismissing user concerns and tagging it “wontfix,” constitutes a prior willful disregard of Debian’s core values. Any further attempt to downplay, ignore, or reclassify this report, especially by minimizing its ethical weight, reflects ethical failure. This is a principled stand. Such actions are hereby documented, publicized, and held against those responsible. There will be remaining ambiguity for those who betray Debian’s values for external agendas. And no...desperate times do NOT call for desperate measures. Request: Patch the donation reminder out of the Debian package, as was done with SMPlayer, or disable it by default with a clear opt-in mechanism. If this report is to be hand-waved as the prior one was, then this needs to be forwarded to the Debian Technical Committee (DTC) for formal review and overrule according to the Debian Constitution 6.1.4. Salty...?...a little...this shouldn't have HAD to have been outlined before maintainer disabled the donation nag in the first place or at least upon the last report coming in. Thanks?
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--- Begin Message ---This issue has already been reported as https://bugs.debian.org/1120511 Please don't file duplicate bugs. Thank you, Jeremy Bícha
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