On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:17:03 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> I think it might be okay to make the indication of the origin of the
> upstream source in debian/copyright optional *if* Homepage clearly
> provides the same information for that package. (Note: this will not be
> the case for all packages with a Homepage setting, since in some cases
> it's hard or impossible to figure out how to get the upstream source when
> starting from the URL in Homepage.)
I agree. I think it's definitively helpful to quickly see where the upstream
code comes from.
What is boring (like for all CPAN modules) is to have the very same
information in 3 places (copyright, control, watch), therefore I'd
support a change like you sketched above ("may be skipped if Homepage
is clear enough") or maybe also "if uscan just works and d/watch is
sufficiently clear" (not a proper wording for Policy but as a rough
idea).
Cheers,
gregor
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