[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#349209: boost graph library license RC bug #349209

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 12:29:12PM +0100, Domenico Andreoli wrote:

>   boost package has a RC bug #349209 due to non-free license of graph
> library.

> this issue should be being sorted by Steve M. Robbins and upstream,
> so i would not make it stop the migration of boost to testing, also
> considering that testing already has this bug, especially if such
> migration stalls the one of other packages.

Sure, hint added.

> while this clearify the situation of unstable/testing, more is to
> be done for sarge and woody. should the Debian Boost Team provide
> DFSG-compatible updates for stable and oldstable?

That's ultimately up to Joey, but my experience suggests that once such a
bug is present in stable, it stays there unless it's an actual copyright
violation...

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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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