On Mon, 02 Jan 2012, Jakub Wilk wrote: > >i. don't remove scons but just (minimalistic patch) make system > >wide used > > then you would need still to add its copyright/license into > > debian/copyright, just add a comment that those are not used > >ii (somewhat preferable). remove scons from within .orig.tar.gz > I disagree that (ii) is preferable. You should not repack upstream > source unless you have to. (Please see ftp-master's reject FAQ.)
(somewhat) agree -- in general there should be no repackaging, unless the trade-off with archive size/clarity kicks in. i.e. why to bloat .orig.tar.gz if there is an easy way to avoid it, while also making 100%-proof that contained copy of 3rd party code is used instead of system-wide one. another aspect, as I hinted, if 3rd party pieces are shipped, their license/copyright must be listed in debian/copyright -- that might extend it considerably for no good reason... not sure if just a referral to copyright file of the corresponding package would be appropriate. > >(optionally add +dfsg or .dfsg suffix to the version making it > >0.3.17~pre2+dfsg-1) > Since the software would be repackaged for reasons that are > unrelated to DFSG compliance, the "dfsg" suffix would be > incorrect/confusing. yeah -- agreed... shame on me though that I did use it this way many times just to hint on having upstream tarball repacked -- I did feel that it is inappropriate but just didn't listen to myself. Well, ok -- for some I did stopped carrying +dfsg -- eh, inconsistent me ;) do we have another commonly used suffix for such cases? or should no suffix being added at all and just debian/README.Debian (or debian/README.Debian-source) mention repackaging? -- =------------------------------------------------------------------= Keep in touch www.onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko www.ohloh.net/accounts/yarikoptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120102201501.gp16...@onerussian.com
