On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 2:13:08 PM AEDT Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> what is the reason for the repack? non-dfsg files?
> if it is just to skip some tests, I really prefer a debian/clean target,
> and not a repack of the whole source tarball.
> diverging from upstream tarballs has a lot of useless complications that
> should be avoided whenever possible
>
> as a general rule I like repacks when:
> 1) non-dfsg files might be left out
> 2) heavy and useless files are kept in the tarball (e.g. binaries, windows
> files, or prebuilt stuff)
>
> in the other cases, I never found a good reason for a repack.
>
> Other people might disagree, just I found none documentation about the
> reasons for this repack.
I believe that should be fairly obvious that we repack to drop all bundled
dependencies. That's Golang for you where it is common to incorporate all
dependency libraries into tarball. Throwing away private copies of those
libraries is important to avoid using 'em accidentally, reduce burden and
also to avoid tedious copyright review and documentation.
--
Cheers,
Dmitry Smirnov.
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The more false we destroy the more room there will be for the true.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll, 1902
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