On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2005-01-18 Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > diffutils (2.8.1-8) unstable; urgency=low > > > * Repackaged source without the GFDL-covered manual. Closes: #212523. > [...] > > [ The new diff-doc package is in preparation and almost ready, there > > is a preliminary version in my home page at people.debian.org ]. > > Hello, > Wouldn't it be better to keep this updated diffutils out of sarge > until diff-doc has been uploaded (and accepted) to non-free? By > letting diffutils (2.8.1-8) _now_ into sarge we run a real chance of > shipping diff in sarge without documentation. > > I realize this is more a question to the maintainer than to -release, > - the release team probably does not want to be drawn too deep into > discussions on the consequences of 2004/vote_004.
Well, there are two things to clarify here: * The new diff-doc will go to main, as it's based on the texinfo manual from diffutils 2.7 (plus GPLed material from the current package, i.e. the output of --help and the manpages). * Even if there is no diff-doc, the diff package will not be undocumented, as it includes (GPLed) manpages. In either case, I would not mind that diffutils is put on hold until diff-doc has been uploaded and accepted. In fact, I noticed an embarrasing typo in the copyright file that I plan to fix today in 2.8.1-9 :-) Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
