Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I believe the devref instructions are wrong. The proper location for >>> this information is debian/copyright, which is already required to >>> contain information about the provenance of the upstream source. > > I take this back -- devref has apparently already been changed. I should > have checked first.
I was also using an outdated copy... > Putting this information in debian/copyright is unrelated to DFSG-freeness > or the license of the software. debian/copyright has several purposes > specified in Policy, not just the license information, and one of them is > to state the provenance of the source: > > In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream sources > (if any) were obtained. > > Explaining where and how the .orig.tar.gz file was generated to me falls > into the category of saying where the upstream source was obtained. I must admit I wasn't aware of that. > I feel rather strongly (to be honest, more strongly than I should, since > it's really bikeshed-painting at some level, but I have a hard time > getting myself to realize that) about putting the source information in > debian/copyright and hence am not willing to make this change in the > absence of a clearer consensus that I'm wrong. I agree with you now. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
