[Pkg-silc-devel] Upload of silc-toolkit and silc-server

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On Sun 2008-07-06 02:40:48 -0700, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:

> Yesterday, I have prepared in the subversion repository new versions
> of the silc-toolkit and silc-server packages.

Wow, thanks, Jérémy!  This is great.

> Unfortunately, I lacked the time needed for the necessary tests and
> uploads.  I am back on dial-up, and it would be easier if someone else
> carries these final steps.

I'm in an awkward network state for the next couple of weeks, so i
can't promise anything from my end here :(

> The last remaning thing that can be done before the upload is to upgrade
> both packages to the last standards revision.
>
> Note : as silc-client uses an embedded copy of the silc library to build
> irssi-plugin-silc, the fixes backported in silc-toolkit could be
> backported there as well.

I'm worried that these two good goals might conflict with one another.
One of the major changes in the move to policy 3.8.0 (as i understand
it) is that "courtesy copies" (duplication of source code) are now
explicitly discouraged.  I'm afraid that the silc-client package as it
currently stands amounts to both a "courtesy copy" of the irssi
source, and a "courtesy copy" of the source of silc-toolkit.  It's
entirely possible that i'm mistaken here, though.  What do other folks
on the list think?  If this a real concern, any thoughts about how to
resolve it?

     --dkg
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