Lars Wirzenius <l...@liw.fi> writes: > Dev-ref ยง6.7.8.2 recommends that if you have to repackage the original > source, that the transformations that are performed be recorded in > debian/copyright. While there was recently some discussion on d-devel > about whether repackaging just to remove distributable-but-not-dfsg-free > material was worth it or not, the case where a source tarball contains > non-distributable material still must be dealt with. A field to express > what was done would thus fit well with this recommendation. Further > discussion as to whether it should/could be a find -delete command, a > "see README.Debian-source" comment or some simple description of what > was done (e.g. "copy of rfc removed") is sensible. What was done as well > as why it was done should probably be included.
> My opinions: > - if the transformation can be expressed as a script, use "debian/rules > get-orig-source" There should still be an explanation in debian/copyright of what that script does, since that's the Policy-required location for specifying where the upstream source came from. > - otherwise, debian/README.Source seems like a better place to document > this than debian/copyright, since it has other instructions for creating > the source package, too > Thus I would prefer it if DEP5 was silent on this, and Dev-ref would be > changed to point to get-orig-source and README.Source instead. I object to this change unless Policy is also changed to specify README.source as the location for documenting where the upstream source came from instead of debian/copyright. As long as debian/copyright is the location where that should be specified, the repacking should be documented there as well, IMO. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87lj7548dp....@windlord.stanford.edu
