Re: Bug#610083: Remove requirement to document upstream source location in debian/copyright ?
On Sun, January 16, 2011 03:17, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> writes:
>> I support Joey's comment and propose to simply remove the requirement
>> from the Policy. I do not think that people will remove the information
>> from debian/copyright without having a Homepage field if they do not
>> have one, so I propose to keep thinks short and to not cross-reference
>> nor replace with incitations.
>
> I could have sworn we'd discussed this before.
>
> I'm opposed to this change as proposed because it means that we can have
> packages without any hint as to where the upstream source came from (since
> Homepage is not required).
I'm not enthousiastic yet either, because the proposal lacks the
information about what cost is associated with the current sitiuation.
Really, it's just a few keystrokes when first creating the package and
hardly needs to be changed afterward. I have never found this to be a
burden in any way, and the information in the Homepage field may indeed be
not as complete.
What problem is this trying to solve?
Thijs
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