On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 06:42:37PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > In Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:43:31 +0100 Ola cum veritate scripsit : > > > I think the policy have to be clearified on this matter. Maybe add a new > > paragraph that says something like (at the bottom of chapter 2.4.2. > > > > "Dependencies other than binary packages can not be assumed, including > > network connection and other external hardware." > > Hm... > > How about "package in main must be buildable within main" which > the policy seems to already say. > > This logic has a flaw, as this does not forbid > doing "apt-get source" to obtain other packages' source, > which many people seem to dislike. >
There is one more flaw that that is that it only talks about packages. Well it is not a flaw but you can misunderstand it like I did. :) Regards, // Ola > > 2.1.2. The main section > ----------------------- > > Every package in _main_ and _non-US/main_ must comply with the DFSG > (Debian Free Software Guidelines). > > In addition, the packages in _main_ > * must not require a package outside of _main_ for compilation or > execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", > "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-_main_ > package), > * must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them, and > * must meet all policy requirements presented in this manual. > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Junichi Uekawa http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer > GPG Fingerprint : 17D6 120E 4455 1832 9423 7447 3059 BF92 CD37 56F4 -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Björnkärrsgatan 5 A.11 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 584 36 LINKÖPING | | +46 (0)13-17 69 83 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / ---------------------------------------------------------------