On ma, 2008-01-28 at 16:05 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > We can't get too rules-bound here.
As someone who's occasionally done some bug fixing to random packages, I'd really like to see some solution that allows us to mandate that the following sequence must work for all source packages: dpkg-source -x foo_1.2-3.dsc cd foo-1.2 sensible-editor * sensible-editor debian/changelog dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc In other words: dpkg-source must unpack sources that can be directly edited and then dpkg-buildpackage will build a new, modified package that can be uploaded. If it's an NMU, then the package's maintainers can get the NMU'd version and include any changes in it in a way that suits their workflow. More strict requirements than that is probably bad, since it will make it harder to innovate in, say, patch systems, source package formats, or such. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
