On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:25:28PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> 8) Provide information about the upstream maintainer and upstream > >> location of the software for non-native software, including any > >> necessary repackaging of upstream source for Debian's purposes.
> > Does that information necessarily belong in ‘debian/copyright’? I > > thought the proposed ‘debian/README.source’ was more suited for this. > I've had that conversation I think five separate times now and each time > seem to have convinced people, which is why debian/copyright is what's > recommended in devref and similar sources (see devref 6.7.8.2). I can > have the conversation again if you haven't seen the previous rounds, but > I'd rather not if you're willing to either take my word for it or research > the previous conversations. (Apologies if this sounds snarky; I'm not > upset at you. I'm just kind of tired of repeating myself. :/) Where have these conversations taken place? I don't recall seeing any such discussions before, and don't understand how documenting "any necessary repackaging of upstream source" in debian/copyright meshes with Policy 4.14. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
