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Re: jquery debate with upstream



On Thursday, March 13, 2014 14:21:22 Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:48:44AM -0400, Scott Kitterman a écrit :
> > What percentage of free software in Debian main do you expect then?
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I expect 100 % in the binary packages.
> 
> On the other hand, the "upstream" tarballs are becoming temporary cruft that
> are not the preferred form for modification because they do not contain the
> typical revision information and comments found in version control systems
> used upstream.  This was not the case when Debian was founded, but as the
> world evolves, we need to evolve.

Oh.  So you think to meet the DFSG we need to provide a copy of the VCS 
repository since the tarball isn't the preferred form of modification?  That 
would be a huge change.  Far bigger than repacking a few tarballs.

Scott K


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