Re: Sourceless but useless: how about ignoring some irrelevant files instead of repackaging?

[Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>]

Am Montag, den 07.09.2009, 16:16 -0700 schrieb Steve Langasek:
> 
> README.source - Policy only requires use of this file...
> 
>    [if] running `dpkg-source -x' on a source package doesn't produce
> the
>    source of the package, ready for editing 

Requires? I thought Policy only recommends README.Source.
At least 4.14 tells me:

if running dpkg-source -x on a source package doesn't produce the source
of the package, ready for editing [...] creating a debian/README.source
documentation file is recommended.

-- 
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer