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Re: p2c 1.20-2.4 is now lintian-compliant and in Incoming.



Some time around  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 19:49:58 PDT, 
         Robert Woodcock wrote:
 > On Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 11:39:20AM -0300, Igor Grobman wrote:
 > > Some time around  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:36:17 PDT, Robert Woodcock wrote:
 > >  > I did *not* fix the old source format [...]
 > > 
 > > If it's the old source format, then is it still in hamm?  I think every ot
 > her 
 > > old-source format package is no longer in hamm.  I don't see why p2c would
 >  be 
 > > the exception given that no one wants to maintain it anyway.  Unless, of c
 > ourse 
 > > you mean something different by "old source format" than what I am thinkin
 > g of 
 > > (does it have a .dsc file?)
 > 
 > Hmmm, I haven't been a developer long enough to know just what you're
 > talking about, but yes it does have a .dsc file. It seems the debian/rules
 > file predates debstd though.

Oh, so that's how you determine it ;-).  The other explanation is that the 
person might have had enough clue not to use debstd ;-).  If it has a .dsc 
file, it's new source format.  The old one wouldn't have a debian/ dir either.

 > 
 > Can someone who *does* know exactly what 'old source format' means look at
 > and possibly close bug #9514?

#9514 complains it's old source format?   I'll take a look at it if I have 
time left after reading my mail today :).

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