Re: How to include information about a source package ?
On Sunday 30 April 2006 21:29, Russ Allbery wrote:
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> No, I would instead say:
>
> * Repackaging must be documented in debian/copyright, and if the
> repackaging means that anything a user may expect to be present is
> missing, that must be documented in README.Debian.
>
> * A get-orig-source target must be provided if it's feasible to automate
> the repackaging. (There are cases where it's not, but those are
> generally cases involving a complex construction of different sources
> that would have to be documented in debian/copyright anyway since
> debian/copyright must contain the details of where the source was
> obtained.)
>
> I would remove all mention of README.Debian-source; I don't think
> including a separate file is ever a good idea. debian/copyright is the
> appropriate location for this information, in my opinion.
Aha, that makes things clear enough. I agree that repackaging information is a
subject to debian/copyright and debian/README.Debian.
For the record: "I second these bits" !
What's next ? To have a unified (and sanely implemented) get-orig-source
target incorporated in debhelper | cdbs | dpatch to be reused by interested
packagers ?
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