Re: update excuses.. how to read them
On Thu 25 Jan 2001, Daniel Kobras wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Paul Slootman wrote:
>
> > It might also help if the source package was in the proper format,
> > i.e. with an .orig.tar.gz and a diff.gz file, instead of it all
> > lumped together in a heimdal_0.3d-5.tar.gz file.
> >
> > When building things by hand, I usually skip such packages because
> > if there's a new version, I have to download the entire sources
> > again for perhaps a 2 byte change. Besides, it doesn't conform to
> > policy.
>
> Policy is quite explicit on version numbering, but as far as I can see,
> policy does not enforce a certain organization of source packages.
Hmm, you're right. I would have thought that this should be part of
policy. It is only documented in the packaging manual:
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/packaging.html/ch-sourcepkg.html#s-sourcearchives
Paul Slootman
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