On 2022-05-06 10:54:56, Tino Mettler wrote:
> Hi Antoine,
>
> I just discussed this a bit on #debian-mentors in IRC.
>
> Conclusion:
>
> - autogenerated files in the upstream tarball might be okay, if they are
> not used for the binary packages (upgrade.py, install.py) or if they
> are regenerated during build time (qrc_resources.py)
>
> - the details about this should be documented in debian/copyright
>
> - the missing images to generate the qrc_resources.py file can be put
> into debian/missing-sources
>
> - we can discuss this issue again with the upstream author once he has
> recovered
>
> - it is unlikely that there will be a new upstream release
> before this
>
> When we follow this, we don't need to repack the upstream source, just
> add the images to debian/missing-sources and document all that in
> debian/copyright.
>
> What do you thing about this?
That makes total sense to me.
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