On 10/26/05, Sam Liddicott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sources are not always derived from Breezy sources -- FreeNX is derived from Kanotix.com or archive.kalyxo.org sources, whichever matches up the version. In the future, we may actually be deriving from Seveas's ubuntulinux.nl sources.
The reason we decided not to provide a source location is because for 99% of the time, it's a waste of space and a duplication of effort. On our (privately donated) servers, the last thing we'd like to do is waste space.
It's still legal by the GPL for me to provide sources by e-mail request, though it isn't always the most convenient.
Any time that we actually modify the sources in any way, a patch will be provided at http://ubuntubackports.org/ubp/sources/
First, I thank those responsible for their work in making backports
available.
I am one of the complainers that make this a sometimes thankless task.
In the past I have asked about deb-src to backports and been informed
that they are actually breezy sources. I think this is not always the
case, as FreeNX is available for breezy only on breezy backports
(thankyou), and no source.
Sources are not always derived from Breezy sources -- FreeNX is derived from Kanotix.com or archive.kalyxo.org sources, whichever matches up the version. In the future, we may actually be deriving from Seveas's ubuntulinux.nl sources.
The reason we decided not to provide a source location is because for 99% of the time, it's a waste of space and a duplication of effort. On our (privately donated) servers, the last thing we'd like to do is waste space.
It's still legal by the GPL for me to provide sources by e-mail request, though it isn't always the most convenient.
Any time that we actually modify the sources in any way, a patch will be provided at http://ubuntubackports.org/ubp/sources/
Please could I respectfully suggest that backports src-deb are always
made available as a src-deb url in the same repository as the backports.
I think it shows important respect for the GPL and Ubuntu users to
permit users to rebuild the same deb's as they download.
It also gives confidence that what has been downloaded is build in a
standard way and not by forgettable manual freakery of the source tree
that debian building permits.
[Redhat rpm building does not permit such mid-build manual source-tree
freakery and I sometimes wonder if this is why src.rpm's are generally
more available than src-debs.]
Sam
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