[Python-modules-team] Bug#736525: Bug#736525: python-gnutls: please rebuild python-gnutls against newer GnuTLS API (libgnutls28-dev)

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On 01/24/2014 10:32 AM, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> Please see all the discussion around license incompatibilities of
> gnutls28 vs 26, and openssl.

I'm aware of that discussion, thanks :)

> GnuTLS 28 is GPLv3 only, and if python-gnutls is rebuild against 28,
> then all reverse-dependencies must be compatible with GPLv3.

which reverse dependencies are you concerned about?  the only reverse
dependency i see in debian right now is mandos, which is already GPLv3+

 http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/m/mandos/unstable_copyright

So i don't think this is a problem for python-gnutls in debian.

Are there other reverse dependencies we need to be aware of?

> I think this might be a won't-fix, and alternatively we may need/want
> to provide python-gnutls28 package or similar.

This would require that someone maintains libgnutls26 for the indefinite
future.  Who is going to do that work?

	--dkg


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