Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: lintian > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch
> Hi! It was suggested in > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal/25993/focus=26041 > to produce a lintian rule to catch non-free RFCs in packages. > I don't know whether this is a good idea (maybe lintian should be usable > on packages in non-free too?), but here goes. > My method was to look for files named ^.*/rfc[0-9]+.(html|txt)(.gz)?$. > What do you think? It sounds like there aren't many public domain RFCs at all, so this seems reasonable. However, it should only apply to packages that are not in non-free (which can be checked by reading the file fields/section and ensuring that it's not non-free and doesn't start with "non-free/"). Is there a range of RFC numbers that are public domain that we should exclude from this check, or is it something that always has to be looked at on a case-by-case basis? Also, non-free content isn't allowed even in source packages, so a similar check should probably also be done in checks/cruft. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
