Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.8.0
Severity: important
Hi,
I get some problems when reporting bug detected by source-is-missing tag in
lintian.
The main problems are:
* minified javascript is source
* I remove it using rules
* It is not a problems because not included in the binary forms
Even if I use the mail template at end of this main, I get some long answer
specifiing it is not a problem and even sometimes I get some answers (by
private mail) that are not appropriate.
I believe we should offer on policy pointer to ftp master reject faq and some
description of common problems. Maybe it belong to devref.
Bastien with lintian hat
Mail template
your package includes some files that seem to lack sources
in preferred forms of modification:
{list of files}
According to Debian Free Software Guidelines [1] (DFSG) #2:
"The program must include source code, and must allow distribution
in source code as well as compiled form."
In some cases this could also constitute a license violation for some
copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL. (While sometimes the licence
allows not to ship the source, the DFSG always mandates source code.)
In order to solve this problem, you could:
1. add the source files to "debian/missing-sources" directory.
2. repack the origin tarball and add the missing source files to it.
Both way satisfy the requirement to ship all source code. The second option
might be preferable due to the following reasons [2]:
- Upstream can do it too and you could even supply a patch to them, thus
full filling our social contract [3], see particularly §2.
- If source and non-source are in different locations, ftpmasters may
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).
You could also ask debian-qa@lists.debian.org or #debian-qa for more
guidance.
[1] https://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html#guidelines
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736873#8
[3] https://www.debian.org/social_contract
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