This is about the ton review request, bz 1197471. In short, here is a single file from the Acme website. This site is not a usable upstream in any way. I request a copy-lib exception.

If granted an exception, I suggest that acme is handled similar to ccan with a virtual provides "Provides: bundled(acme-IntHashtable)

The standard questions:

• Has the library behaviour been modified? Don't know, link on site is down.
• Could we make the forked version the canonical version within Fedora? This question makes IMHO no sense here.
• Are the changes useful to consumers other than the bundling application? This code is not useful in any modern context, there are better options in the standard library since long.
• Is upstream keeping the base library updated? No, upstream is very dead.
• What is the attitude of upstream towards bundling? I cannot see any way to use these snippets besides as a copy-lib.
• security ramifications of bundling? This is code to handle graphics format in an ordinary user application, I see no particular concerns(?)
• Does the maintainer of the Fedora package of the library being bundled object? There is no such maintainer
• Is there a plan for unbundling the library? No.
• Links:
  • Acme website: http://acme.com/java/software/
  • Review Request: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197471