[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#848097: terminal.app: Provides x-terminal-emulator, but doesn't implement the requirements

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

On 01/16/2017 04:32 AM, Ben Longbons wrote:
> It's a violation of Policy, so the severity is mandated.

If we started filing RC bugs against every package in Debian now which
somehow violates the policy, we'd probably end up removing half of
the packages from the archive from testing.

And if you really think that this bug warrants a removal of the package from
testing and therefore not releasing it with Stretch, why aren't you providing
a patch to resolve the issue?

The version of this package in Debian hasn't changed since 2012 and popcon
claims, there are 733 reported users of this package. I don't think we should
take this package away from these users for Stretch just because it doesn't
fully adhere to the Debian Policy.

There is neither a security problem nor any potential loss of data, the package
is simply not 100% compliant with the Debian Policy which I don't think is
an actual problem for anyone using the package given the fact that it took
four years since the last upload for someone to detect the problem and
file a bug report.

However, I'm happy to sponsor an NMU if you're willing to provide a patch.

Thanks,
Adrian

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