Re: Can we ship sources of a PDF file in the Debian diff? (was: Re: phyml_20081203-1_powerpc.changes REJECTED)
On So, 26 Apr 2009, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > rejected, i think we are missing the source for the pdf in doc/.
>
> Almost two monthes of waiting to read this…
>
> I have re-uploaded to non-free because I am sick of wasting my time with this
> kind of issue. But since in the rejected package I had taken great care to
> include uuencoded sources of the PDF and explained this in REAME.source, can
> you confirm this was not acceptable for Debian and that shipping sources in the
> Debian diff is not enough?
I would be surprised and a bit shocked if including the source of a doc
in the diff would not be enough.
> Bonus question: after we shift to the version 3.0 (quilt) of the source
> packages, will it be acceptable or not that a file from one tarball has its
> source in another one?
Same same.
Best wishes
Norbert
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