On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 05:33:40PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Matthew W. S. Bell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061222 19:55]: > > This package is currently unsuitable for inclusion in a release or the > > testing distribution due to elsewhere mentioned license issues, and > > unresolved API stability and definition issues. > > As far as I can see we could still include it on the following basis: > > 1. additional restriction to GPL: > > I assume for now the copyright holders didn't intend to put an > additional restriction on the program - of course, one needs to contact > them and wait for at least a few days (or in other words, that part of > the bug report is etch-ignorable as soon as they don't say "but we > meant"). You contacted them according to your mail today, so I think we > are safe there. > > > 2. debian/copyright is incomplete > > Well, just change debian/copyright. > > => New upload with that change, as you intend to do. > > > 3. "unresolved API stability". I'm currently not sure what you mean with > this - anyways, as long as API changes mean soname changes, we are on > the safe side. > > > Would the FTP masters or release manages have all packages in this > > source package removed from testing/etch? > > As you are the maintainer, I have triggered removal of your package, but > for that to happen, xmms2-plugin-faad needs to be dropped first (I also > filed a bug against that package). It might be worth to invest the work > rather in fixing faad2 however.
I've already put together a patch to fix the issue (the headers are not well defined i.e. they are different internally and externally). However, the issue is that I am concerned about contact with upstream and that given some of the history and state of the code, I would prefer it to undergo a slightly longer period of testing before moving it to a stable release. And as testing is running towards stability... > > Cheers, > Andi Matthew > -- > http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
