On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 03:07:02PM +0000, Sylvain Le Gall wrote: > On 22-08-2010, Ralf Treinen <[email protected]> wrote:
[...] > > What is the reason to mandate a special field or comment in the META > > field when it is created by debian? We are patching sources all the time > > both for end user applications and develpment packages, without attaching > > an extra warning sign. What makes META files so special that warrants > > an exception to that rule? > > > > Whenever you patch the source, IMHO, you limit the patch to: > - fix the build system to make it compile on Debian (source -> binary > package, new OCaml version) > - fix security bugs Certainly not. We do add features (I am speaking here of debian packages in general, not only of ocaml libraries), and we fix things that are broken. -Ralf. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
