[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#848097: Bug#848097: terminal.app: Provides x-terminal-emulator, but doesn't implement the requirements

[Gürkan Myczko]

Dear all,

before it exploeds. 1st it would be easy to implement. 2nd there is an updated package removing the provides:

http://sid.ethz.ch/debian/term

Kind regards,

Gürkan
Tel. 076 436 72 00


> On Jan 16, 2017, at 11:16, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz at physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/16/2017 04:32 AM, Ben Longbons wrote:
>> It's a violation of Policy, so the severity is mandated.
> 
> If we started filing RC bugs against every package in Debian now which
> somehow violates the policy, we'd probably end up removing half of
> the packages from the archive from testing.
> 
> And if you really think that this bug warrants a removal of the package from
> testing and therefore not releasing it with Stretch, why aren't you providing
> a patch to resolve the issue?
> 
> The version of this package in Debian hasn't changed since 2012 and popcon
> claims, there are 733 reported users of this package. I don't think we should
> take this package away from these users for Stretch just because it doesn't
> fully adhere to the Debian Policy.
> 
> There is neither a security problem nor any potential loss of data, the package
> is simply not 100% compliant with the Debian Policy which I don't think is
> an actual problem for anyone using the package given the fact that it took
> four years since the last upload for someone to detect the problem and
> file a bug report.
> 
> However, I'm happy to sponsor an NMU if you're willing to provide a patch.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adrian
> 
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