[Debian-med-packaging] r-other-mott-happy_2.3-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Andreas Tille]

Hi,

thanks to you all who were involved into this.  However, before you
upload again please coordinate with Steffen!!!

You most probably missed the remark attached to the paragraph on the
tasks page:

    http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/bio#r-other-mott-happy

Kind regards

        Andreas.

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:32:21AM -0400, Luke Faraone wrote:
> Steve, Charles, and others,
> 
> On Sun, 2013-07-21 at 02:42 -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> > Let's recall what the intention is.  The goal is is that, as indicated above, 
> > the tarball contain the files in "the preferred form of modification".  Assuming 
> > it does, and such files are used in the build, there is no harm if the tarball 
> > also includes (accidentally or intentionally) generated files.
> 
> After reviewing the relevant policies and precedents, I believe this
> package could be accepted into the archive if re-uploaded.
> 
> To be clear: it would be _strongly preferred_ that this file not be
> included in the tarball; it is difficult for us to audit what is in this
> shared object file. Consider also a tarball which for example contained
> an unused binary which was a derivative work of a non-free program; even
> though the binary wasn't run on user systems it would still be
> distributed and therefore be potentially problematic for us. 
> 
> However, the responsibility for that rests on the maintainer's
> shoulders.
> 
> If you feel that repacking the tarball would be an undue burden and are
> confident that the shared object file (which we have not verified is
> buildable from sources to a byte-identical version) is distributable,
> you are welcome to reupload the package. Please let me know if you do so
> to allow me to get to it sooner. 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Luke



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