On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > The second file is an executable script that performs the actual > extraction, creating a subdirectory under the current directory > and moving files as necessary. Its name is EXTRACT, and it must have > execute permissions set.
Bill Mitchell pointed out that if we use totally 100% un-modified extra-virgin upstream sources, debian-driven updates to debian source packages become much smaller, since we're just changing the delta. Do you have any thoughts on this? Also, I get the impression (since you mentioned you have permission to include things on your CD-ROMs that other vendors do not) you have had more experience with dealing with authors who have distribution restrictions --- do you think distributing original source as separate files might have helped or hindered negotiation of permission to distribute? > This would be quite trivial to implement. It has the advantage that it > contains > the unmodifed upstream source (not even its name has to be changed) and the > diff file in a single unit, and can be extracted on any system that contains > tar and gunzip. I think this sounds fine, though I am curious about your reactions to the above. I guess the question is whether debian is a democracy, and if not, who's dictator? Mike. -- "I'm a dinosaur. Somebody's digging my bones."
