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

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 03/09/21 at 08:04 -0700, Felix Lechner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 7:50 AM Tobias Frost <tobi at debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> Maybe the debconf system can provide a choice? The default could be
> consistent with Debian's standards.

I like this idea. It would allow organizations to install GNU parallel
with --will-cite disabled, but instead mention the "please cite" request
in user documentation.

Lucas