Bug#260274:
Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> Frank Lichtenheld:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 09:57:10PM +0200, Erik Schanze wrote:
> > Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> Frank Lichtenheld:
> > > merge 260274 231408
> > > thanks
> >
> > Hm, I though I have read
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=www.debian.org
> > carefully, but I have overlooked this. Sorry for this.
> >
> > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 08:05:16PM +0200, Erik Schanze wrote:
> > > > Package: www.debian.org
> > > >
> > > > The site http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/no_watch.html pointed me on
> > > > this bug.
> > >
> > > Bug is known (see merge), but I'm still reluctant to have to unpack
> > > each binary package to get all copyright files,
> >
> > Ok, but what's wrong with it in this 111 cases?
>
> No debian/copyright in the source package. Since this is only
> a "should" in policy I can't file bugs against them ;)
>
> I can either switch to unpacking binary packages (which is
> highly redundant though) or implement some hybrid solution.
> Suggestions welcome.
>
Yes, if we wouldn't touch the Policy, unpacking the binary would be fine for
these cases.
My suggestion is:
If there is a copyright file in source package
then unpack it from source package
else unpack it from binary package
Please switch to this, if there are no cons (that I cannot see from here).
Thank you.
Regards,
Erik
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