[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

[Tobias Frost]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 08:44:49AM -0600, Sam Hartman wrote:
> >>>>> "Tobias" == Tobias Frost <tobi at debian.org> writes:
> 
>     Tobias> as explained earlier: click-wraps are no-no's.
> By this dxo you mean
> 
> 1) clip wraps are incompatible with the DFSG?  (I agree only if
> something in the license prevents you from removing them)
> 
> 2) Click wraps are a no-go in something you maintain?  (okay, sure,
> sounds good)
> 
> 3) Click wraps are incompatible with some written Debian policy or
> rules?  (I disagree)
> 
> 4) A lot of Debian maintainers might choose to remove click wraps or not
> package software with them (I agree)

1, 2 and 4 ;-)

But as said earlier: This is not a license issue; the license of GNU parallel
would allow removal, but this would make upstream sad.
The status quo is likely to mke our users sad, though.
(my 2 cents...)

-- 
tobi