On Sunday 30 April 2006 21:29, Russ Allbery wrote: --cut-- > No, I would instead say: > > * Repackaging must be documented in debian/copyright, and if the > repackaging means that anything a user may expect to be present is > missing, that must be documented in README.Debian. > > * A get-orig-source target must be provided if it's feasible to automate > the repackaging. (There are cases where it's not, but those are > generally cases involving a complex construction of different sources > that would have to be documented in debian/copyright anyway since > debian/copyright must contain the details of where the source was > obtained.) > > I would remove all mention of README.Debian-source; I don't think > including a separate file is ever a good idea. debian/copyright is the > appropriate location for this information, in my opinion.
Aha, that makes things clear enough. I agree that repackaging information is a subject to debian/copyright and debian/README.Debian. For the record: "I second these bits" ! What's next ? To have a unified (and sanely implemented) get-orig-source target incorporated in debhelper | cdbs | dpatch to be reused by interested packagers ? -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> fingerprint 1AE7 7C66 0A26 5BFF DF22 5D55 1C57 0C89 0E4B D0AB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
