Re: jquery debate with upstream
On 03/13/2014 01:37 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> 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.
Well, we have "debcheckout"... :)
Thomas
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