[Pkg-javascript-devel] JS policy: repackaging upstream tarball when minified js files are present (was: Call for review: should.js packages)

[Emilien Klein]

2014-05-05 21:31 GMT+02:00 Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>:
> Quoting Emilien Klein (2014-05-05 20:57:39)
>> 2014-05-05 18:59 GMT+02:00 Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>:
>>> Quoting Emilien Klein (2014-05-05 12:16:25)
>>>> 2014-05-05 11:07 GMT+02:00 Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>:
>>>
>>> [skipping parts on who said what: lacks consensus]
>>>
>>>>> I see no need for this team to have a policy more strict than
>>>>> Debian generally regarding tarball repackaging.
>>>>
>>>> It's not about being more strict.
>>>> It's about explicitly mentioning a requirement that is not clear to
>>>> a number of our co-packagers.
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I can only read it as you contradicting yourself above...
>>
>> The policy of removing upstream-provided minified files comes from the
>> interpretation of DFSG §2.
>> So stating this policy on our policy page is not being stricter than
>> Debian in general, just being clear on the workflow that packages
>> maintained by the team must follow.
>
> As recent discussions (not so much here but) at debian-devel at d.o. have
> shown, there is more than one interpretation of DFSG §2.
>
> So stating in a policy for this team how team members "must" interpret
> Debian Policy is indeed more strict than Debian generally.
>
> I dearly appreciate your efforts trying to get this clarified, but
> believe Policy should be defined in Debian generally, not here
> specifically.
>
> I prefer that for this team we do not dictate, only recommend best
> practices.
>
>
>> Or do we really want to have this debate started again for each new
>> package asking the team to be reviewed?
>
> I believe we need not have same debate for each new package, if we
> document what we (or most of us) find to be best practices.

What is your suggestion for documenting that?

   +Emilien