Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:18:33AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>Is there an authoritative way to find the upstream source >>of debian packages? >> >>For instance, I was looking today for the upstream source of >>"smssend", the place where the Debian package maintainer of >>"smssend" looks for the latest version. I had to google a bit >>before I found it. >> >>That's no biggy, but I find myself doing this from time to time >>and I was wondering if the Debian project provides such information >>in an "official" way. > > > /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE/copyright ?
That would be the official place. The other option is in the package description, but that that is a newer form and not all packages have that yet. It's not yet mandated by policy. Baruch ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
