Bug#1037064: maven-verifier depends on downloading sources at build time

gregor herrmann gregoa at debian.org
Sat Jun 3 11:58:17 BST 2023


On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:40:10 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:

> While this is not a build failure, it does mean building the package has a
> dependency on software outside of main, which I believe is a serious policy
> violation.

The network access during build is a policy violation in itself:

    4.9
    …
    For packages in the main archive, required targets must not
    attempt network access, except, via the loopback interface, to
    services on the build host that have been started by the build.


Cheers,
gregor

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