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Re: debian/upstream/metadata (Re: git branches vs debian specific git tools (Re: RFC for changes regarding NMU in developers reference)



Hello,

On Sun 18 May 2025 at 10:46pm +02, Julien Plissonneau Duquène wrote:

> Also concerning the Source field in d/copyright, personally I see it as the
> place from where the source was obtained when it was initially packaged (and
> in some cases that might be "the place where the source used to be published"
> which might no longer exist, or might no longer be usable); in other terms
> what's in this field is primarily there to help checking licensing
> compliance. In my view it's not meant to be kept up-to-date unless there are
> changes that are relevant for evaluating current licensing compliance.

It's meant to be kept up-to-date.  If it's a dead link, it should be deleted.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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