Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Review Request: socat https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179040 ------- Additional Comments From rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx 2006-05-12 00:16 EST ------- (In reply to comment #9) > Some more packages only put configure.in/configure.ac in their development (CVS) > tree, and just put the configure script and not the autoconf/automake in. Yes, there exist a broken packages and incompetent maintainers. > Sometimes this is done to prevent dependancies on autoconfig/automake. I don't > think it is a big issue for building this package. I consider this as blocker for 2 reasons: 1. LEGAL This configure script is clearly autoconf generated. The package claims to be GPL'ed but ships incomplete sources. I.e. I consider this package not to be GPL compliant and not to be OSI complaint. 2. TECHNICAL 2.1 It is hardly possible to fix/maintain packages with incomplete sources. You might know where the source file might be located, but will the person to adapt this package to FC8 in 2 years still know? 2.2 A package being maintained upstream this way, justifies strong doubts on the code's quality. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review