On Sunday, January 01, 2017 12:59:08 AM Steve Robbins wrote: > On Saturday, December 31, 2016 10:06:37 PM CST you wrote: > > your package includes some files that seem to lack sources > > in preferred forms of modification (even if removed during clean target). > > No part of the resulting binary package comes from files that are not in > their intended form of modification. I acknowledge there are extra > non-source files in the source tarball *that are not used* to create the > binary.
Speaking as a member of the FTP team, the source needs to be DFSG free to be in Main. Regardless of if it's used in the binary. > > According to Debian Free Software Guidelines [1] (DFSG) #2: > > "The program must include source code, and must allow distribution > > > > in source code as well as compiled form." > > Digikam meets this test. Binaries yes, source no. > > In some cases this could also constitute a license violation for some > > copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL. (While sometimes the licence > > allows not to ship the source, the DFSG always mandates source code.) > > It requires all sources required to create the binary. Digikam meets this > test. No. It doesn't. This is a valid bug and one that's not hard to fix. Scott K _______________________________________________ pkg-kde-extras mailing list pkg-kde-extras@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-kde-extras
