Bug#610083: Remove requirement to document upstream source location in debian/copyright ?
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
> On Sat, Aug 26 2017, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> Well, it doesn't, exactly... it says that it can be a web forum or
>> bugtracker, but doesn't say anything about being a URL. Hm.
>>
>> Something about this sits wrong with me, in that I feel like we should
>> capture the upstream contact information directly rather than relying
>> on a URL remaining present on the web. But I'm not sure it's that big
>> of a deal one way or the other, so I'm still okay with the wording you
>> proposed originally (and still second it).
> The case I had in mind was where the only information available was a
> URI, with no maintainer name or e-mail address. In that case, Homepage:
> would duplicate that information, and that's what we're trying to avoid
> with this bug.
> On reflection I realise that such a case is rather unlikely. But I
> would still like to cover it with this change.
Yeah, makes sense. Works for me! We can always revisit later if we run
into some issue with it.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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