Ben Finney <[email protected]> writes:

> What is it, then, that distinguishes conformant packages from packages
> that simply have a ‘debian/’ directory? If the result is a working
> package that otherwise conforms, what more is needed, exactly?

> In other words, why is it not enough to simply say:

>     Every package must have a maintainer.

> to satisfy all the points you raised?

Maybe that would be best.  The concern that I had is that it wouldn't be
clear that a package just being maintained upstream isn't sufficient;
someone needs to be responsible for the package as it exists in Debian.
But that's probably sufficiently obvious in context; both you and Charles
feel like it would be.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([email protected])               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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