Luca Capello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - debian-policy_3.7.3.0, § 12.5, reported above by Russ, doesn't sound > so clear to me (but I'm not an English native speaker). > > Let's say that I grab foo from foo.alioth.d.o, then I remove some > non-DFSG-free material and I repackage the orig.tar.gz: the upstream > sources are still obtained from foo.alioth.d.o.
Well, no, they're not -- they're obtained by combining your repackaging work with a tarball from foo.alioth.d.o, and only saying that they come from foo.alioth.d.o would be omitting some information about where the upstream sources came from. But I'm certainly not opposed to clarifying. > - developers-reference_3.3.8 (11 November, 2006, the version available > on sid...), § 6.7.8.2: > > A repackaged .orig.tar.gz > > 1. must contain detailed information how the repackaged source was > obtained, and how this can be reproduced, in README.Debian-source > or a similar file. > - developers-reference_3.3.9 (04 August, 2007, available *only* on > www.d.o), § 6.7.8.2: > > A repackaged .orig.tar.gz > > 1. must contain detailed information how the repackaged source was > obtained, and how this can be reproduced in the debian/copyright. Yeah, this was updated after the previous debian-mentors discussion. > - on 04 December, 2007, I asked on #debian-devel about where I should > have explained how I repackaged thinkinger and the answer was duplex: > debian/copyright if the explanation was simple or debian/README.Source > if more complex (which I chose, since I prefer to be more verbose) I don't see any reason not to put it in debian/copyright no matter how long it is. It's not like the length of a text explanation, even if complex, is going to be a serious problem. However, ideally the steps should be *automated* and put into debian/rules get-orig-source, in which case you don't have to give detailed steps in either location and can simply refer to the automated procedure in debian/rules get-orig-source, which if used by the maintainer also has the benefit of being tested. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
