DEP5: non-DFSG repackaging documentation
>From the DEP5 wiki page:
Dev-ref §6.7.8.2 recommends that if you have to repackage the original
source, that the transformations that are performed be recorded in
debian/copyright. While there was recently some discussion on d-devel
about whether repackaging just to remove distributable-but-not-dfsg-free
material was worth it or not, the case where a source tarball contains
non-distributable material still must be dealt with. A field to express
what was done would thus fit well with this recommendation. Further
discussion as to whether it should/could be a find -delete command, a
"see README.Debian-source" comment or some simple description of what
was done (e.g. "copy of rfc removed") is sensible. What was done as well
as why it was done should probably be included.
My opinions:
- if the transformation can be expressed as a script, use "debian/rules
get-orig-source"
- otherwise, debian/README.Source seems like a better place to document
this than debian/copyright, since it has other instructions for creating
the source package, too
Thus I would prefer it if DEP5 was silent on this, and Dev-ref would be
changed to point to get-orig-source and README.Source instead.
Opinions?
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