Some packages, such as my package Checker, require enormous amounts of source code that can be obtained elsewhere. For instance, checker needs the following files:
684366 Checker-0.8.tar.gz 5139402 binutils-2.8.1.tar.gz 7136085 gcc-2.7.2.3.tar.gz 82379 gdbm-1.7.3.tar.gz 602023 gettext-0.10.27.tar.gz 4013083 glibc-2.0.5c.tar.gz 28791 glibc-crypt-2.0.5.tar.gz 80387 glibc-linuxthreads-2.0.5.tar.gz 519066 glibc-localedata-2.0.5c.tar.gz 369832 gmp-2.0.2.tar.gz 1644088 libg++272_2.7.2.5.orig.tar.gz 1121466 ncurses-4.1.tar.gz 560670 readline-2.1.tar.gz 21981638 total In my opinion, this is an unreasonable amount of source code to include in a source package, since all the source code is available elsewhere. However, Debian policy requires *all* applicable source to be included in a source package (right?), and a bug was recently filed against Checker to this effect. I think that Debian policy should be modified, in some way, to allow a situation like this to exist and to specify some standard place that the tarballs can be provided. For instance, Checker expects the tarballs in a directory called ../tarballs. Comments? -- Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail will receive free 32MB core files!
