Bug#617613: FreeCAD not in Testing

[Adam C Powell IV]

I think we leave it there pending a decision by the project, which will
either allow it into testing or remove it from unstable.

No need to do anything else in the meantime.  I think we should continue
to develop the package, so it's in top shape in case the project
approves it, it's available to unstable users, and its updates flow to
Ubuntu users as well.

-Adam

On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 18:29 +0100, Anton Gladky wrote:
> Ok, thanks for both opinions,
> 
> I agree, that we cannot put freecad into testing.
> I was hoping, that OCE will fix the issue, but it is seems not...
> 
> So, if the license issue is not resolved we will request deletion of
> freecad from unstable?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Anton
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct at debian.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 15:20 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote:
> >> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:18:01 +0100 Anton Gladky wrote:
> >>
> >> > Can we decrease the severity of this bug to return the freecad back to testing?
> >>
> >> Why?
> >> I think the bug is still unfixed and still serious, unfortunately.
> >>
> >> > The bug filed on March, but freecad was removed from testing on May
> >> > because of FTBFS's (I think).
> >>
> >> Yes, but I think freecad should not be released in a stable version
> >> (again) with this serious issue unsolved.
> >
> > Indeed, a package with a copyright/licensing issue can't go into a
> > release, and can't go into testing.
> >
> > IMO this isn't an issue, and the fact that Debian allowed it into
> > unstable and the squeeze release indicates that the project probably
> > doesn't think so either.  (Ubuntu has had Freecad since from lucid to
> > oneiric, so they don't seem to think there's a OCTPL-GPL incompatibility
> > either.)
> >
> > But until there's an official ruling on this issue, the package can't go
> > any further in Debian.
> >
> > -Adam
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