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   Message 137,416 of 138,051   
   Carlos E. R. to Andrew   
   Re: OpenSUSE and Seamonkey   
   16 Dec 21 00:49:25   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.software.seamonkey   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 15/12/2021 21.30, Andrew wrote:   
   > OpenSUSE has Seamonkey in two repositories, the main Update repository   
   > and the Mozilla Test repository.  This is about 42.3 Leap by the way.   
   > The level I'm running here - 2.53.8.1 - is the last one which made the   
   > Update repository, although the Mozilla Test repository gets all of the   
   > release versions and - it seems - at least some of the beta versions.   
   >   
   > Today I asked the maintainer if he could update the version in "Update"   
   > to a more recent released level, and this was his reply.   
      
   For Leap 42.3? I doubt he can do any update at all for that obsolete   
   version.   
      
   >   
   >> I'm afraid there's nothing I can do -- I've been submitting the new   
   >> versions as soon as they've been released, but they've all been stuck   
   >> in legal review.  I and other packagers have been occasionally nudging   
   >> the lawyers but we never hear back from them.   
   >   
   > Does anyone know why a new Seamonkey level requires "legal review", in   
   > particular when this level is freely available in another repository   
   > anyway.   
   > When Tristan refers to "other packagers", that reads as though other   
   > products are also affected.  What the F is going on here?  Are the   
   > lawyers getting involved in things which do not concern them?   
      
   Every package in openSUSE has to pass a legal review, at least if it is   
   to be published as official package.   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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