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Re: maximal or minimal deletion when creating dfsg tarball?



> It has been suggested by a respected reviewer that while I am removing the 
> unsourced binaries, I remove ALL of the "convenience copies of code". That way 
> the unused code would not confuse anyone.
> 
> I thought, that when creating a dfsg tarball, one should remove only the files 
> with licensing problems.
> 
> What is the proper procedure? Remove only the unsourced binaries, or all of 
> the unused code?

I don't have any documentation on it, but what I have seen is that you
should not start repacking lightly. But as you already need to repack,
removing other files for a good reason is fine. I believe convenience
copies are exactly such a case.

Paul

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