https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128510
Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
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--- Comment #6 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> The GCC C manual use the Front-Cover and Back-Cover texts to promote the FSF.
>
> The GNAT manuals use the Front-Cover text to repeat the manual's title.
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> This results in the obligation to print:
>
> GNAT User’s Guide for Native Platforms GNAT User’s Guide for Native
> Platforms
> GNAT Reference Manual GNAT Reference Manual
>
> on the DVD containing the Debian source package's front cover.
>
> What is the advantage for GNAT of requiring this?
But GNAT requires nothing from Debian, that's rather self-inflicted pain on the
Debian side and a strange attempt to deflect this pain to others... That being
said, other GNAT maintainers might be more sympathetic towards that than I am,
so please post the proposed change to the gcc-patches@ list and we will see.