vlc source promoted itself hours after demotion
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Bug Description
After I requested it in bug #206912, slangasek demoted vlc (source and binaries) to multiverse:
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2008-04-15 01:02:03 INFO Override Component to: 'multiverse'
2008-04-15 01:02:03 INFO 'vlc - 0.8.6.release.
[snip lots of binaries, the full log is in the other bug]
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As can be seen at https:/
So it would appear that the vlc source promoted itself, which has the potential to be a severe licensing problem. It is fortunate that the binaries didn't go with it.
I quoted the first two lines of the override log above due to some strangeness in the second line - the vlc source is said to be in multiverse, which it wasn't at that time. The binaries are reported correctly, and their overrides stuck.
I've dig out when the initial fixes for bug 180218 were released and they were in production only on March 26th (1.2.3 release).
This was *before* the swallowed override in hardy:
{{{ e+x264svn200712 24+faad2. 6.1-0ubuntu3 e+x264svn200712 24+faad2. 6.1-0ubuntu2 e+x264svn200712 24+faad2. 6.1-0ubuntu3
2008-04-15 14:55:04 CEST Published Hardy release universe graphics 0.8.6.release.
* Published on 2008-04-15
2008-04-15 03:02:03 CEST Superseded Hardy release multiverse graphics 0.8.6.release.
* Removed from disk on 2008-04-18.
* Removal requested on 2008-04-18.
* Superseded on 2008-04-15 by vlc - 0.8.6.release.
* Published on 2008-04-15
}}}
It indicates something still necessary to mitigate those issues. Let's continue the investigation.