Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree with that we should have a common pattern. But I would vote for > a neutral extension not trying to describe the reasons for repackaging. > Some kind of <name>_<version>.repack.tar.gz comes to mind. This makes > clear that a changed upstream tarball is used. Those tarballs should > feature a mandatory debian/README.repack which states clearly the > reasons for the repackaging and debian/rules should have a mandatory > get-orig-source target.
We went back and forth on this several times on debian-mentors and I think everyone finally agreed that debian/copyright is the correct place to explain any repackaging of the upstream source. Since debian/copyright is the standard place to explain where the upstream source came from, it's the logical place for that information to go. Please let's not add a new documentation file that isn't automatically collected by the PTS, packages.d.o, etc. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
