Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Hyperbola: Final comments

[Jean Louis]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 08:43:08AM -0400, Donald Robertson wrote:
> On 06/25/2018 04:23 AM, Jean Louis wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 10:10:32AM +0200, Benoît wrote:
> >> I am sending this email to check if any of you have some remaining comments
> >> on Hyperbola review before going forward.
> >>
> >> All the points have been covered and no comments have been made apart 
> >> during
> >> the beginning of the evaluation.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> belette
> > 
> > Hyperbola is on the way to become fully free
> > distribution, and you should carefully verify
> > https://issues.hyperbola.info/ as one can track
> > what is being done there.
> > 
> 
> They've apparently tagged each instance of the use of 'open source' by a
> package as a freedom issue, so don't get thrown off by the high count of
> open freedom issues. A package using the term while regrettable isn't
> really a freedom issue, and isn't even an issue for endorsement. It
> would probably be best just to close those issues to keep the 'freedom
> issue' tag cleaner.

I am guilty. I suggested that such descriptions
could be handled, and I was more like that one
person handles it quickly in descriptions of
PKGBUILDs, but then they suggested that for each
package a ticket shall be opened.

Finally, it is exact advice as given here:
http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

as there are words to avoid, and in the listing of
packages those words appear, and such listings are
public. I think those issues shall be handled one
by one.

But issues will always be at distribution that is
being maintained.

That is encouraging how you say, and I think you
should send them email, and then, if that is not a
problem with issues, why not finally endorse the
distribution Hyperbola?

At least we asked here for transparency, and I
cannot see what is preventing Hyperbola to be
endorsed as of right now?

Please make that clear.

Jean