On Sunday 30 April 2006 21:37, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bart Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 12:05:19AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> One advantage of insisting on a get-orig-source target > > > > Do you insist on a get-orig-source target while sponsoring? It's > > currently optional according to the debian-policy. > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules > > I don't find get-orig-source as useful for normal packages that don't > require repackaging of upstream source. In that case, for the most part, > I don't think it's worth the effort.
Nobody says that get-orig-source must be only used for repackaging purposes. I think it is fine to have such target just getting the upstream source (ok a hash checking against a previously checked and trusted version is required) without further modifications over it which is to be built on the autobuilder or end user side. Any worries with that ? -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> fingerprint 1AE7 7C66 0A26 5BFF DF22 5D55 1C57 0C89 0E4B D0AB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
