Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > I you would like to guarantee to the users that unpacked debian source > is DFSG we should hook into unpack (similar to DpkgSrc3.0 / quilt) and > remove DFSG blobs at maintainers discretion for example by parsing > debian/copyright. > [...] > This change will result in maintainers spending less time by recuding > effort required for packaging software with non-DFSG-pristine-tarball. > Debian developer time is precious and very limited and IMHO should be > used as efficiently as possible.
IMHO, writing a hook at unpack time to remove non-DFSG stuff and repackaging require the same effort. I would even say the former is more error-prone (in the sense that it can leave non-DFSG bits behind in some unexpected situation) and therefore requires more time. Cheers, -- Stéphane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
