Re: the ds in GLibC?
On (30/08/06 07:23), Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> On 8/29/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <roberto@familiasanchez.net> wrote:
> >On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 06:32:44PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> Anyone know what the 'ds' in versions of recent GLibC in unstable mean?
> >>
> >Daniel Stone. I believe he incorporates some significant patches and
> >wants to differentiate between his customized version and the upstream
> >version upon which it is based.
>
> But I don't see Daniel's name on the changelog. Are you mistaken?
>
The latest .ds upload has a changelog which mentions the removal of
non-free documentation. Perhaps the ds is used to indicate that the
tarball is not the original upstream. A lot of packages use dsfg for
that, but there is no rule.
James
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