Re: Bug#610083: Remove requirement to document upstream source location in debian/copyright ?
On Sun, January 16, 2011 10:39, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 09:38:51AM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst a écrit :
>> 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?
>
> In a recent discussion about DEP-5, it was noted that often the Homepage
> field
> is redundant with the information in debian/copyright:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/20110113213843.GB11512@gnu.kitenet.net
>
> The goal of the patch that I attached here is to give the possiblity for
> the maintainers to factorise information if they wish.
I'm afraid I do not understand what you mean with that they can "factorise
information". I only know factorising as a mathematical operation. What
will they do exactly? But more importantly, and pertaining to my original
question: what problem would that solve that we have now?
> Note that the purpose of the Homepage field, perhaps unfortunately more
> in the Policy than in the practice, is already to lead to the upstream
> sources:
Current practice is probably formed that way because people expect those
websites to be listed there, not specifically download locations.
Cheers,
Thijs
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