Bug#250202: mandate a common name for "patched source" and/or "unpacked source"

[Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>]

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> +          When running <prgn>dpkg-source -x</prgn> does not
> +          immediately give one a directory with editable source, a
> +          package must provide a file debian/README.source which
> +          enumerates and documents the debian/rules targets for at
> +          least <em>unpacking the source</em> and <em>applying
> +          debian-specific patches</em> (if any, or a simple statement
> +          that such a target does not exist or is not required if
> +          none).</p>

Can you consider suggesting default targets for this sort of
unpacking?

It would be nice if eventually these two targets were provided by all
packages, so you could automate the unpacking and applying of patches
if so desired, without having to read debian/README.source

I'm not sure if the targets 'unpack' and 'patch' would work, but they
seem to make the most sense. [perhaps a 'unpatch' target as well would
be usefull?]

Obviously, these wouldn't be 'must', but 'should' directives.


Don Armstrong

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