Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suggest to end this paragraph with > > + system (for example, a package that builds the same source > + multiple times to generate different binary packages, or a > + package which had to change the upstream tarball due to > + technical or license reasons). > > Rationale: The developer's reference describes in > > 6.7.8 Best practices for orig.tar.gz files > > how to document properly any changes that need to be done to the > orig.tar.gz, and recommends the name README.Debian-source. This is the > only mention of that filename in devref, and README.source is not > mentioned at all.
As discussed on -mentors (and I believe I also filed a bug against devref), I believe the devref instructions are wrong. The proper location for this information is debian/copyright, which is already required to contain information about the provenance of the upstream source. > Actually, I think that name, README.Debian-source, is even better for > the patch system issue, too, since it's about Debian-specific > modifications of the source. It's already in the debian/ directory, so the additional Debian- seems redundant to me. If the existing file name were in widespread use, the redundancy wouldn't really matter, but I don't get that impression. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
