Bug#44329: marked as done (this package is not native)
On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 09:48:39AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > This package was put together and debianized by Joey Hess
> > <joeyh@master.debian.org>, using sources from all over, including:
> > http://qz.to/~eli/src.html
>
> > This means it's a native Debian package. I'm closing this bug.
>
> The fact that it is an assembly of multiple upstream sources doesn't imply
> that it's a native package. Also note that the submitter was the same person
> who wrote the blurb in the copyright file.
.orig.tar.gz implies an original upstream source archive, which doesn't
apply to that package. If a .tar.gz isn't suitable, then nothing is,
in which case this should be discussed on Debian policy.
I think .tar.gz (not .orig.tar.gz) is appropriate for this package.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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