Re: Upstream metadata to help our users contribute back to projects we redistribute.
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:27:51 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Hello everybody,
Hello Charles,
>
> (posted on -project because of the context, but answers probably belong
> to -devel, where I am not subscribed...)
>
> there is an intersting discussion going on about Git and the preferred
> form for modification of the programs we redistribute.
>
> Indeed, as of today would be hard to say « just run “apt-get source
> <packagename>” and voilà, you can hack and contribute back upstream ».
>
> There has been now and in the past (for instance when discussing the
> proposed format “3.0 (Git)” for dpkg) some important points raised
> explaining the challenge of redistributing the upstream VCS instead of a
> flat file archive.
>
> This is why some packges are shipping metadata indicating where to find
> the upstream sources, send upstream bugs, or even where to dontate
> money, in order to help our users contribute back to the developement of
> the software that Debian is made of.
Are there tools that are actively using this information? Unfortunately,
the links you quote below do not provide much information about where
this information is used (other than bibref table in UDD).
On the other side of the coin, are there any tools that help generate
this metadata? For example, github-hosted projects can have their Bug-
Database, Bug-Submit, Changelog, Repository, Repository-Browse
automatically derived.
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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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