Quoting Daniel Leidert (2020-02-26 10:27:03) > Am Dienstag, den 25.02.2020, 17:40 +0000 schrieb Ian Jackson: > > For -devel, context is that Anthony Fok just uploaded a new upstream > > version of pydoctor (a tool for extracting API docs for python > > modules) in order to fix a couple of upstream bugs. Anthony, thank > > you very much for your work to help fix one of our (mutual) indirect > > dependencies. > > > > Unfortunately the new pydoctor has some DFSG issues (#952546, CC'd). > > > > I am hoping that -devel can advise what the conventional approach is > > to the package containing a sourceless copy of bootstrap.min.js. > > > > I'm guessing that the answer is to strip the sourceless file from the > > package, and have the binary package contain a symlink into the file > > tree of some other package which contains an appropriate bootstrap > > file ? But is this right, and if so which package ? > > You don't have to strip it if the unminified version is added under > debian/missing-sources/ with an appropriate entry in d/copyright. > > The final package however should not use it but instead rely on whatever > package provides bootstrap.js or its minified version. but if you add the unminified version under debian/missing-sources then it has to be the exact right version that produces precisely the minified version you have. I so far found the trouble I have to go through to verify this, is *far* too much compared to putting a simple Files-Excluded into debian/copyright and a dversionmangle and repacksuffix into my debian/watch -- especially because I cannot use the shipped minified version in the end anyways. Thanks! cheers, josch
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