Re: DEP 5 proposal omits original Debianization information
Deng Xiyue <manphiz-guest@users.alioth.debian.org> writes:
> [Don't know whether this has been asked. If so, pointers are welcomed.]
>
> According to Debian Policy Manual section 12.5:
>
> In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream sources
> (if any) were obtained. *It should name the original authors of the
> package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were involved with its
> creation.*
>
> The current DEP 5 proposal doesn't provide a standard field dedicated
> for the information of original Debianizer, while the old format
> generated by dh-make does. According to section 1.1,
>
> In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream sources
> (if any) were obtained. It should name the original authors of the
> package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were involved with its
> creation.
>
> So this is not strictly required, but it is considered a bug, which AIUI
> needs fixing. Hence I wonder how this was and will be handled.
Removing that part from Policy would be my preference. It's duplication
of information that's already in the changelog.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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