Bug#874663: Document +dfsg as extenson when repacking upstream sources

2017-09-24 Thread Guido Günther
Hi, On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 06:44:03PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 at 16:10:44 +0200, Guido Günther wrote: > > when upstream tarballs need to be repacked because they contain non-dfsg > > free data appending '+dfsg' to the upstream version seems common > &

Bug#874663: Document +dfsg as extenson when repacking upstream sources

2017-09-08 Thread Guido Günther
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.0.0 Severity: wishlist Hi, when upstream tarballs need to be repacked because they contain non-dfsg free data appending '+dfsg' to the upstream version seems common practice. However some packages append '.dfsg', others use +dfsg and there are more formats