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Bug#250202: marked as done ([PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with non-trivial source)

Your message dated Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:32:03 +0000
with message-id <E1K42SZ-000605-6w@ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#250202: fixed in debian-policy 3.8.0.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #250202,
regarding [PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with non-trivial source
to be marked as done.

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Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist

OK, I'm sick of this.

There are a number of dbs-style packages out there, that don't give you
the source if you say "dpkg-source -x .dsc"; instead, they give you a
directory with a source tarball and a bunch of patches. While this is
probably a good idea to make maintaining said packages easier, the fact
that they all have different debian/rules targets for unpacking sucks
majorly; if you want to apply a small local patch, you have three
options to find out what the right targets are:
* Guess (which is hardly successful, IME)
* Call one of the more common debian/rules targets, such as "configure"
  or "build", and interrupt it when it starts doing stuff you don't
  actually need.
* Read makefile sources. Usually, this involves tracking where a given
  variable is given a value, by searching a number of included
  makefiles. While not impossible or hard, it's very annoying that this
  has to be done in the first place, and a waste of time IMHO.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to add two targets to the debian/rules file,
say, "unpacked" and "patched" or something[1], which would unpack the
source, resp. patch it using the provided patches? These targets would
be mandatory if an unpacked source package would not provide an unpacked
source tree, and optional otherwise.

Comments?

[1] I don't care what the actual names of the targets would be, and it'd
    probably be a good idea to use names which are actually in use in
    some actual implementations; but I'd like to see this in policy, to
    avoid this mess in the future.

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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.8.0.0

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

debian-policy_3.8.0.0.dsc
  to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.0.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.8.0.0.tar.gz
  to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.0.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.8.0.0_all.deb
  to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.0.0_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 250202@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.8.0.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description: 
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 65577 186700 209008 250202 291460 367984 379150 392362 403391 422552 430649 431813 440420 442070 452105 455602 458910 473761 475731 480551 481640 481954
Changes: 
 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
     non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
     and Junichi Uekawa                                       (Closes: #250202).
   * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
     Colin Watson                                             (Closes: #440420).
   * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
     DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
     Millan                                                   (Closes: #209008).
   * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
     Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
                                                              (Closes: #430649).
   * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
                                                              (Closes: #379150).
   * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
                                                              (Closes: #431813).
   * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
     thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
     Kurt Roeckx, and others                                  (Closes: #392362).
   * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
     Mario Iseli                                              (Closes: #452105).
   * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
     used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
                                                              (Closes: #442070).
   * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
     /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins     (Closes: #291460).
   * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
     not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
                                                              (Closes: #65577).
   * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
     Küster                                                   (Closes: #403391).
   * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
     names", thanks to Colin Watson                           (Closes: #473761).
   * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
     thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog           (Closes: #367984).
   * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #186700, #458910
   * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
     Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Closes: #480551
   * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
     to Josh Triplett                                         (Closes: #455602).
   * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
     Tautschnig                                               (Closes: #422552).
   * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
     deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith                (Closes: #475731).
   * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
     Closes: #481640
   * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
     Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
     Closes: #481954
   * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
   * Add an md5sums control file.
   * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
   * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
   * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
   * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
     currently part of policy.
   * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
   * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
   * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
     and debian/rules.
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