Bug#340704: rar support violates DFSG #4

2005-11-28 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 07:44:08PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > OTOH, if you think my interpretation of DFSG is inadequate, I could try to > > expose it better, and we could also move this to -legal (perhaps I should > > have > > started there in first place). > > Yes, I still disagree with t

Bug#340704: rar support violates DFSG #4

2005-11-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 01:34:23PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:41:49AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Sorry, I have to disagree with these bug severities; Suggests: are just not > > important enough in our packaging system to treat them as release-critical, > > regar

Bug#340704: rar support violates DFSG #4

2005-11-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 01:57:17PM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote: > * Robert Millan [Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:34:23 +0100]: > > > Well, that's not the problem. If the application needs unrar to extract rar > > archives, then suggesting unrar is ok [1]. It's the fact that the > > application > > suppor

Bug#340704: rar support violates DFSG #4

2005-11-25 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Robert Millan [Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:34:23 +0100]: > Well, that's not the problem. If the application needs unrar to extract rar > archives, then suggesting unrar is ok [1]. It's the fact that the application > supports creating rar archives that I believe violates the DFSG. > Does this explana

Bug#340704: rar support violates DFSG #4

2005-11-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:41:49AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Sorry, I have to disagree with these bug severities; Suggests: are just not > important enough in our packaging system to treat them as release-critical, > regardless of what's being suggested, Hi Steve, My concern is about the

Bug#340704: rar support violates DFSG #4

2005-11-25 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 340704 important severity 340705 important severity 340706 important severity 340707 important thanks Hi Robert, Sorry, I have to disagree with these bug severities; Suggests: are just not important enough in our packaging system to treat them as release-critical, regardless of what's be

Bug#340704: rar support violates DFSG #4

2005-11-25 Thread Robert Millan
Package: ark Severity: serious Justification: DFSG #4 This package has a "Suggests: rar" tag. If it has the functionality to create rar archives via rar, this is a serious problem, because it is encouraging users to create "trap archives" that can't be extracted with free software. I believe thi