Re: overhaul of the debian ocaml policy

[Florent Monnier <monnier.florent@gmail.com>]

Le dimanche 22 août 2010 14:47:43, Ralf Treinen a écrit :
> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:12:58PM +0000, Sylvain Le Gall wrote:
> [...]
> 
> > I propose something like:
> > 
> > origin = "debian-packagers"
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > createdby = "debian-packagers"
> > 
> > BTW, it is a variable so there is no point of having
> > origin = X
> > origin = Y
> > 
> > (the second override the first). Do I miss something or should this
> > value only hold one team/packager ?
> 
> What is the reason to mandate a special field or comment in the META
> field when it is created by debian? We are patching sources all the time
> both for end user applications and develpment packages, without attaching
> an extra warning sign. What makes META files so special that warrants
> an exception to that rule?

if someone provides released sources, he may be willing that the Makefile would 
work for most people, even those using pristine ocaml libs, and by the way not 
use in its Makefile the META provided by packagers.

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Regards
Florent