Re: jquery debate with upstream
Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> writes:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 01:20:20AM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
>> Actually, if we really want to strictly +literally interpret the DFSG,
>> then yes, tarballs (or the directory trees they represent) are no
>> longer "the preferred form of modification" when everybody uses a DVCS
>> like git.
> I don't think this makes sense. The tarball has never been the source:
> the files contained in the tarball are the source. The tarball is merely
> a container for them. Likewise, a version control system can be
> considered a container.
I think it's more that one can argue that the preferred form of
modification includes revision history, the branch structure, historical
tags, and so forth.
To me, this just underscores that "preferred form of modification" is too
vague to be useful as more than a guiding principle.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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