Bug#543417: README.source patch system documentation requirements considered harmful

[Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>]

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > I can certainly understand the point of view of Bill. It's not noise
> > if you assume that you should not need to do anything before being
> > able to work on the package... and if you do, you should find the
> > required hint in README.source. The existence of the file (even if
> > empty) proves that the package uses some patch system and that he
> > should investigate a bit more.
> 
> The existence of a debian/patches directory proves that the package
> uses some patch system and that he should investigate more.

But this assertion is not true once new source packages are “ready”. :)
Some forward-looking can't hurt when we design policy.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog