On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 08:14:24AM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > It's basically useless, since upstream repository is just one command > away, with the upstream URL documented in debian/rules.
This assumes the upstream URL lives forever. But what if the upstream repo's hoster (let's call it "alioth") goes offline? It's not an unheard of thing: Gitorious, Google Code, etc... To me, having the pristine code in a preferred form for modification in the same place as your packaged version follows the spirit of GPL from 3 decades ago, or the design of .dsc of 2⅔ decades ago that calls for shipping the pristine upstream tarball and Debian patches separately. And today, I really wouldn't call a flat tarball the preferred form for modification. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ Have you accepted Khorne as your lord and saviour? ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
