On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 16:59 -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Charlie Smotherman] > > "ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source." > > > > I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is > > required? I have search but was unable to find anything. > > It is the principle. If I am an end user, and I want to modify your > .swf file on my Debian system, how do I do it? What do I edit? Do I > need to go through a separate step to obtain a usable .swf with my > modifications in it? > > Source code is a means to an end. The end is the ability of the end > user to customize the software. If you get source code but no way to > build a new .swf file from it, this end is not served. > > (Although Debian doesn't strictly subscribe to the FSF's "Four > Freedoms" (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), I think the > FSF's explanation of "freedom 1" is pretty good.) >
If I interpret your above statement correctly, there is no policy that states that this is required. Is that a fair statement? If there is nothing in policy to support bug #519202, how can it be considered valid? I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything I'm just trying to understand how a bug can be filed against my package and be considered a serious violation of policy when there is nothing in the policy manual stating such. Charlie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1280965190.30107.48.ca...@debian
