Re: DEP 5 proposal omits original Debianization information
On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 11:51:25PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> 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.
Would it merit a BTS entry against debian-policy as a reminder? Or
maybe waiting for more comments, and act after consensus is reached?
Regards,
Deng Xiyue
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