Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> writes: > Maybe the long line was machine-generated at the beginning, but it does not > matter anymore.
Why not? If I take the GPL definition, the question is not whether it is actual (and, BTW, also not whether it is automatically generated) but what "is preferred" (holy passive) for modification. > And by the way, while anybody is free to disbelieve that a file is a real > source file, the only persons whose judgement really matter on that subject > are > the members of the FTP team. I would guess that the FTP team should have guidelines here, which would be nice to presented in this discussion. > So you are free to disagree with random bug reporters, and they are > free to escalate it if they are not convinced by your arguments, .... which is one of the purposes of this discussion. > but in the meantime, Debian's point of view is that the file is source > unless the contrary has been demonstrated, given that it has passed > the screening of the FTP team when it entered our archive. You can > also add Lintian overrides if the Lintian maintainers are uncooperative. Sure. Actually, I added an overrides here. However, lintian sets some standards, and they need to be discussed. Best regards Ole