I'm trying to create a new package for Debian, and I have some Lintian warnings that I'm not sure how to deal with. I know I could fix all of them by removing some files from the upstream source, but I'm not sure if this is justified. I read the "Best Packaging Practices" section of the Developer's Reference, and I'm still just not sure if these qualify as a good reason. Here are the warnings:
I: torrentflux source: cvsignore-file-in-source TF_BitTornado/BitTornado/.cvsignore I: torrentflux source: cvsignore-file-in-source TF_BitTornado/BitTornado/BT1/.cvsignore W: torrentflux source: source-contains-CVS-dir TF_BitTornado/BitTornado/BT1/CVS W: torrentflux source: source-contains-CVS-dir TF_BitTornado/BitTornado/CVS W: torrentflux: extra-license-file var/www/torrentflux/adodb/license.txt The first 4 are easily fixed by removing the files. The last one is a little more problematic, but I asked on debian-legal, and as the license file is for the LGPL, then the package can redistribute it under the GPL, and I think that means I can remove the license file. I've asked upstream to remove these files, but no response yet. Cameron Dale
