Hi, I want to create a package that purely downloads some (large scientific) data, and I am unsure how to create the package:
* Shall it be native? There is no "local" upstream code, so the directory is just empty (except the debian/ subdir). However, "native" may not the best mark to it, since the package ist not really a debian-only one (the data may be used elsewhere as well). However, when it is not native, I must create a dummy/empty .orig.tar.gz, right? * Shall I use the word "downloader" in the package name? That would make the package name longer: In the moment, the packages would have names like "astrometry-data-4208-4219"; putting a "downloader" would make them even longer. * Do I need to specify the copyright of the *downloaded* files? If yes, where? debian/copyright is just for the source, not for the result... * Since the download code if DFSG-Free, the downloader goes to contrib, independently of the copyright of the data, right? Best regards Ole
