Bug#681289: debian-policy: Changelog and copyright should be package metadata

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:46:03AM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog a écrit :
> We should thus modify the policy to say:
> 
> 1/ that the changelog and copyright files ought to be installed in the
>    DEBIAN directory along with the other control files
> 
>    (this will require changes in dh_installdocs and dh_installchangelogs)
> 
> 2/ that programs that want to retrieve the changelog and/or copyright file
>    of an installed package should try to use "dpkg-query --control-show <pkg>
>    <changelog|copyrigh>" and fall back to the usual path if that fails.
> 
>    Those interfaces are available in wheezy's dpkg (>= 1.16.5).
> 
> 3/ that programs that want to retrieve the changelog and/or copyright file
>    of a .deb file should use dpkg-deb -I <file> <changelog|copyrigh>" (or
>    look for the changelog/copyright file in the directory extracted
>    with dpkg-deb -e <file>)

For the record, I have started a related discussion on debian-devel.

http://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20120714004835.GB8323@falafel.plessy.net

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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan