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has caused the Debian Bug report #849853,
regarding [debian-policy] Document source-is-missing lintian kind of problems
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.8.0
Severity: important
Hi,
I get some problems when reporting bug detected by source-is-missing tag in
lintian.
The main problems are:
* minified javascript is source
* I remove it using rules
* It is not a problems because not included in the binary forms
Even if I use the mail template at end of this main, I get some long answer
specifiing it is not a problem and even sometimes I get some answers (by
private mail) that are not appropriate.
I believe we should offer on policy pointer to ftp master reject faq and some
description of common problems. Maybe it belong to devref.
Bastien with lintian hat
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your package includes some files that seem to lack sources
in preferred forms of modification:
{list of files}
According to Debian Free Software Guidelines [1] (DFSG) #2:
"The program must include source code, and must allow distribution
in source code as well as compiled form."
In some cases this could also constitute a license violation for some
copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL. (While sometimes the licence
allows not to ship the source, the DFSG always mandates source code.)
In order to solve this problem, you could:
1. add the source files to "debian/missing-sources" directory.
2. repack the origin tarball and add the missing source files to it.
Both way satisfy the requirement to ship all source code. The second option
might be preferable due to the following reasons [2]:
- Upstream can do it too and you could even supply a patch to them, thus
full filling our social contract [3], see particularly ยง2.
- If source and non-source are in different locations, ftpmasters may
miss the source and (needlessly) reject the package.
- The source isn't duplicated in every .diff.gz/.debian.tar.* (though
this only really matters for larger sources).
You could also ask debian...@lists.debian.org or #debian-qa for more
guidance.
[1] https://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html#guidelines
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736873#8
[3] https://www.debian.org/social_contract
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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 4.0.1.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 849...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> (supplier of updated debian-policy
package)
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Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 21:47:47 -0400
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: all source
Version: 4.0.1.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-pol...@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Closes: 196367 485776 589671 640263 660249 678607 758124 758234 759260 822430
835520 839172 849851 849853 866192 867308
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Changes:
debian-policy (4.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Russ Allbery ]
* Policy: Overhaul priorities, deprecate extra
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>
Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se>
Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ans...@debian.org>
Closes: #758234, #759260, #660249, #196367
* Policy: Clarify prohibition on depending on environment variables
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org>
Seconded: Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>
Closes: #640263
.
[ Sean Whitton ]
* Policy: Disambiguate "original authors" in 12.5
Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: David Bremner <brem...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk>
Closes: #678607
* Policy: Document Testsuite: field
Wording: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org>
Seconded: Antonio Terceiro <terce...@debian.org>
Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Seconded: David Bremner <brem...@debian.org>
Closes: #758124
* Policy: Require calling ldconfig by means of triggers
Wording: Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>
Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se>
Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Seconded: David Bremner <brem...@debian.org>
Closes: #822430
* Policy: Make section 9 agnostic between Debian's init systems
Wording: Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se>
Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <w...@debian.org>
Seconded: Martin Pitt <mp...@debian.org>
Seconded: Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org>
Seconded: gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org>
Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Closes: #835520
* Policy: Packages may not install both a desktop entry and a menu entry
Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Seconded: Philip Hands <p...@hands.com>
Seconded: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <o...@debian.org>
Seconded: David Bremner <brem...@debian.org>
Closes: #839172
* Convert Process.md to an appendix to Policy itself.
- Update link in "Authors and Maintainers" to point to this new
appendix (Closes: #866192).
* Incorporate Margarita Manterola's maintscript flowcharts as a new
appendix (Closes: #485776).
Many thanks to David Bremner for help importing the images to docbook.
- Add a footnote to 6.6 linking to the new appendix.
* Update first paragraph of Appendix A to note that the final three
appendices (the policy changes process and the upgrading checklist)
were not taken from the Packaging Manual.
* Add a footnote linking to the REJECT-FAQ (Closes: #849853).
* Note that the debian/rules clean target is useless for removing files
not compatible with the DFSG (Closes: #849851).
* Add 'javascript', 'rust' archive sections (Closes: #867308).
* Drop remark that systems with only required packages installed are
"probably unusable", and add a paragraph break. (Closes: #589671).
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