On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:33:53PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > Any suggestions for improved wording? > > If this is that what you want, then I will certainly not object, but the > current draft seems to imply something else. Especially the expected > meaning of package does not seems to capture what you need. >
How's this version? (attached) Neil -- * hermanr feels like a hedgehog having sex...
--- policy.sgml 2006-10-11 08:44:02.684306000 +0100
+++ policy.sgml 2007-06-26 13:58:10.160026885 +0100
@@ -2105,6 +2105,19 @@
the file to the list in <file>debian/files</file>.</p>
</sect>
+ <sect id="embeddedfiles">
+ <heading>Embedding code provided in other packages</heading>
+ <p>
+ Should the upstream source ship with a convenience copy of an external
+ library, and this library is already packaged in Debian, the Debian
+ package should not embed or include this code.
+ Instead, the package should be modified to reference the required
+ files in the library package provided by Debian, and a Depends and/or
+ Build-Depends relationship declared as required.
+ Optionally, the convenience copy should not be compiled in the
+ build-process.
+ </p>
+ </sect>
</chapt>
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