Bug#742364: Please clarify if how sourceless file could be corrected and how
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 09:50:11PM +0000, bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.9.5.0
> Severity: important
> control: block -1 by 736873
>
> According to ftp masters see #736873:
> >> For implementing automatic detection fo sourceless file particularly
> >> minified javascript, I need some clarification about correcting
> >> sourceless file.
> >>
> >> They are two schools on the archive:
> >> - some repack the origin tarball adding the missing source to it
> >> - some add it to debian patch on subdirectory debian/missing-source
> >
> >Either way satisfies the requirement that we ship the source. Personally
> >I prefer adding missing sources to the upstream tarball:
> >
> > - Upstream can do it too!
> > - If source and non-source are in different locations, it's easier to
> > miss the source and (needlessly) reject the package.
> > - The source isn't duplicated in every .diff.gz/.debian.tar.* (though
> > this only really matters for larger sources).
> >
> >Ansgar
>
> Could we document it ?
Document what ? Both approach are valid.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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