On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Paul Elliott <pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com> wrote:
> My upstream source contains .gif files that are not essential. If I delete > these file and never use them, can I use this tarball as my pristine source, > or must I resource? Unless they are non-free or you are already repacking the tarball, don't bother removing them. If you are already repacking to remove non-free stuff then I think it is acceptable to remove them and use that as your tarball, check this section of the devref for recommendations: http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#repackagedorigtargz > P.S. there are a lot of complicated rules to create a package. Indeed. You can increase your knowledge of them by reading maint-guide, devref and the policy. There are also other language and area specific policies as well. http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinWM19MD=+co=hvqyo8cwtu89n352byqx8by...@mail.gmail.com
