Bug#42554: A proposal for README.Debian
On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 11:59:38AM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> - the changes you made for the Debian package.
How does this relate to the second paragraph of section "6.5 Copyright
information"?
In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream sources
(if any) were obtained, and explain briefly what modifications were
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
made in the Debian version of the package compared to the upstream
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
one. It must name the original authors of the package and the Debian
^^^
maintainer(s) who were involved with its creation.
> - the Debian packages you need to recompile this package. The Debian packaging
> system does not know about formal source dependencies.
It will, soon. I don't think it is necessary to have the information duplicated
in README.Debian.
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