On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:57:56AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > I have explained my opinion in > <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/05/msg00191.html>: the > source *is* in Debian, just in a different source package. The actual > code, used by the package when installed, is used from that different > source package. This is no different from something using the > "Built-Using" header.
At least this part of your analysis is wrong. The Built-Using header would be ensuring that the corresponding source is available. In this case however, ola uses jquery-ui 1.8.21 while jessie has 1.10.1 already. So the corresponding source is actually not longer in Debian. If anything, it only remains in snapshot.d.o. > I remain unconvinced that removing something from a source package that > is shipped identically elsewhere in Debian is useful to our users, our > upstreams, our maintainers, or free software in general. The argument does not have to stop here. Since Built-Using only works on binary packages and does not work on source packages, there is no technical mechanism to ensure that the source corresponding to ola is indeed available. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
