On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 03:59:22PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > > As far as I understand it, this file is used by the author of the > > > program, not end users. I don't understand it well, though, because I > > > haven't put much time into researching what versioneer even does. > > > If my hunch is correct, I may be able to just remove the file from the > > > source altogether, but I haven't tried that yet. > > > > Well, it's used by the program to show the version info, so it's > > *eventually* used by users for sure. > > > > I think just removing the file is a good first guess. > > Removing the file is a bad idea! Replacing it with the PyPI version > (through debian/patches) is a much better approach. (And possibly > excluding the file in debian/copyright as well.)
Ah, scrap my comment - listen to Timo instead! Best wishes, Julian
