Re: Bug#610298: phasing out tar-in-tar in source packages
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:49:49AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> process, are a bit of a PITA. They are particularly so for tools who want to do
> source code analyses on the code shipped by debian (e.g. the recently started
> DACA project) but, more generally, violate a good faith assumption that
Agreed.
> "apt-get source" will deliver an unpacked source package where the user can
> grep through upstream source code.
There is? apt-get source just gets the source code, what it does even with tarball-in-tarball.
> Considering all the above, it would be nice if policy could start to discourage
> tar-in-tar, at least with a "should" (not) requirement. A potentially
> appropriate place where to mention that seems to be §4.8 "Restrictions on
> objects in source packages".
And some time later it goes to must? Making some package more a PITA to support
than with tarball-in-tarball?
Grüße/Regards,
René
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