Jakub Wilk <[email protected]> writes: > * Ole Streicher <[email protected]>, 2015-08-16, 19:17: >> * Shall it be native? There is no "local" upstream code, so the >> directory is just empty (except the debian/ subdir). However, >> "native" may not the best mark to it, since the package ist not >> really a debian-only one (the data may be used elsewhere as well). > > My feeling is that if there's no upstream code, then the package > should be native.
There may be no upstream stuff in the package itself, but there is upstream data in the installed package. > Does upstream make formal versioned releases? That could maybe justify > non-native version. More-or-less. I yesterday realized that despite of there are versions, they are not really consecutive; upstream recommends the older package in some situations. Therefore, I will create two source packages... >> * Since the download code if DFSG-Free, the downloader goes to >> contrib, independently of the copyright of the data, right? > > Right. .... which is a bit pity, since the package *is* actually DFSG-free, including the downloaded data. The reason that they are not in the Debian archive is just a technical, not a license one: The source data size is about 8 GB, and the binary packages are from 160 MB to ~13 GB. My feeling here is that this undermines the Philosophy of the DFSG: If someone wants to have a DFSG compatible system, he still needs to add contrib to sources.list to get these files. Best regards Ole
