>> "JW" == Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > <quote who="Chris Waters"> >> Anyway, I hope that in the long term, we can find some sort of solution to >> this whole problem that will make us third-party vendors, distributors, >> repackagers, resellers, etc. happy.
> Please note the "distributors" section in the GNOME 2.0 Desktop Beta 2 > release notes: > Distributors > ------------ > This release is not intended for inclusion in distributions. However, > binary packages for bleeding edge testers on your platform are very > welcome. Please email the release team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if > you have built packages for your platform. > So, whilst it's not in woody, it is being included in the sid distribution. > Thus, I see any packaging of G2D for Debian sid simply as a helping hand for > users who wish to test the GNOME 2.0 Desktop. Which gives us two possible > responses: > 1) We are not pleased that Debian is distributing G2D binaries without > debugging symbols at this stage of the release. > 2) Thanks for packaging G2D for Debian users to debug, test and fix at > this early stage of our release. > We'd have the same response to any other distributor. So, if you want to be > seen as a respectable third-party vendor, you need to play the game. :-) We are not packaging Gnome 2 for our pleasure but at *your* request. Now if you don't want to see debian packaging Gnome 2, tell us clearly. We have a policy and we follow this policy. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Christian
