[Foo2zjs-maintainer] Bug#449497: foo2zjs: application depends on non-free firmware

[Steffen Joeris]

severity 449497 important
thanks

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:40:34 pm Joost Yervante Damad wrote:
> Hi Luca,
>
> > [3] not that I checked with such printers, I'm only in touch with one
> >     that needs a non-free firmware
> >       http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466758#15
>
> So you don't think that your usage of the package is more "contrib"
> then "main"?
>
> Personally I find it a rather "grey" unclear situation. It seems the
> package can be used without any external files, yet in practice, for a lot
> of people it is only usable with external files..
>
> Since the package is currently lives in main, I personally can live with
> how it is currently... the bug submitter seems to think differently
> though...
>
> Bottom line is, that dependant on the hardware ,the package as it lives in
> main is usable or NOT.
>
> Yet I think that it fits within the current practice in Debian.
>
> I don't think the purpose of this bug is to change the interpretation of
> Debian policy... as Luca pointed out, people are doing that already heavily
> enough in Debian-Devel ;-)
>
> Maybe we should mark the bug lenny-ignore ;)
I guess it would be up to the release team to set this tag. Anyway, I am still 
not convinced that it is RC. The package works fine for certain printers 
without any firmware. However, some need it, which is clearly stated in the 
README.Debian file. Furthermore, we are offering a GUI program and the 
upstream script to download the firmware for the user's convenience. IMHO 
this does not justify the move to contrib or non-free. Now I am lowering the 
severity of the bug to "important" (althought I'd rather see it as wishlist). 
If people still disagree, please bring it to the attention of the technical 
committee, which can overrule my decision at any time.

Cheers
Steffen
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