From: Doug@hyperspace.vogon.gov   
      
   bad sector wrote:   
   > On 12/15/21 6:49 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > A lot of headaches could be avoided if an effort was made   
   > to assure that (in addition to 'packaged' distro rpms that I   
   > have really absolutely nothing against) the original source   
   > code tarball released by originating devs were ALWAYS compilable   
   > without any hickups.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   Not as trivial as it seems.  Rust is currently becoming the next big   
   system language, Seamonkey is dependent on a version of Rust > n being   
   installed (so far so good) but some other packages require a lower   
   level.  Newer levels are not necessarily 100% compatible.   
   openSUSE has taken steps to permit multiple levels of Rust to co-exist   
   for just this reason.   
      
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