On 03/13/2014 01:37 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Thursday, March 13, 2014 14:21:22 Charles Plessy wrote: >> Le Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:48:44AM -0400, Scott Kitterman a écrit : >>> What percentage of free software in Debian main do you expect then? >> >> Hi Scott, >> >> I expect 100 % in the binary packages. >> >> On the other hand, the "upstream" tarballs are becoming temporary cruft that >> are not the preferred form for modification because they do not contain the >> typical revision information and comments found in version control systems >> used upstream. This was not the case when Debian was founded, but as the >> world evolves, we need to evolve. > > Oh. So you think to meet the DFSG we need to provide a copy of the VCS > repository since the tarball isn't the preferred form of modification? That > would be a huge change. Far bigger than repacking a few tarballs.
Well, we have "debcheckout"... :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53214e04.8030...@debian.org
