From: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 18:35:29 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: * Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=5a80ff35ea940bf9f3603c8e7dc39776a4c9ee73

* Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
  Proposed by: Justin B Rye.
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
  Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
  Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
---

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 62b845c..6ae8374 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
-debian-policy (3.9.2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  [ Russ Allbery ]
   * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
   * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
   * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths.  Thanks,
     Michael Dorrington.
 
- -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:04:37 -0700
+  [ Bill Allombert ]
+  * Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
+    Proposed by: Justin B Rye.
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Sun, 08 May 2011 20:31:54 +0200
 
 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 91173a5..9b4a93e 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -9370,41 +9370,6 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
 	    policy (such as for <ref id="appdefaults">).
 	  </p>
 	</sect1>
-
-	<sect1>
-	  <heading>The OSF/Motif and OpenMotif libraries</heading>
-
-	  <p>
-	    <em>Programs that require the non-DFSG-compliant OSF/Motif or
-	      OpenMotif libraries</em><footnote>
-		OSF/Motif and OpenMotif are collectively referred to as
-		"Motif" in this policy document.
-	    </footnote>
-	    should be compiled against and tested with LessTif (a free
-	    re-implementation of Motif) instead.  If the maintainer
-	    judges that the program or programs do not work
-	    sufficiently well with LessTif to be distributed and
-	    supported, but do so when compiled against Motif, then two
-	    versions of the package should be created; one linked
-	    statically against Motif and with <tt>-smotif</tt>
-	    appended to the package name, and one linked dynamically
-	    against Motif and with <tt>-dmotif</tt> appended to the
-	    package name.
-	  </p>
-
-	  <p>
-	    Both Motif-linked versions are dependent
-	    upon non-DFSG-compliant software and thus cannot be
-	    uploaded to the <em>main</em> distribution; if the
-	    software is itself DFSG-compliant it may be uploaded to
-	    the <em>contrib</em> distribution.  While known existing
-	    versions of Motif permit unlimited redistribution of
-	    binaries linked against the library (whether statically or
-	    dynamically), it is the package maintainer's
-	    responsibility to determine whether this is permitted by
-	    the license of the copy of Motif in their possession.
-	  </p>
-	</sect1>
       </sect>
 
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