Am 19.10.2017 um 19:58 schrieb Helmut Grohne: > Source: glee > Version: 5.4.0-2 > Severity: serious > Justification: missing source > > The configure file claims that it was generated using autoconf. Yet the > corresponding source configure.in or configure.ac is missing from the > source package. This makes the package unsuitable for main in principle. > > Fortunately, the packaging does not appear to be using configure. So > repacking the tarball and removing configure looks like a viable option. > > Helmut
Wow. Seriously? I am adding the debian-devel-games mailing list to CC in case I have missed an important discussion and would like to ask other team members for more input. In my opinion the configure script of glee is DFSG-compliant and suitable for main. The license states: # Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation # gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. It is correct that configure scripts are usually auto-generated but we have never treated the absence of those files as RC issues. In consequence this means that all automake packages which cannot use dh-autoreconf are unsuitable for main. Thus I believe the resolution of this bug report would be of general importance to the Debian project and should be discussed on debian-devel at least. However I am in favor of closing this bug report as "not-a-bug". Regards, Markus
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