On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > I can certainly understand the point of view of Bill. It's not noise > > if you assume that you should not need to do anything before being > > able to work on the package... and if you do, you should find the > > required hint in README.source. The existence of the file (even if > > empty) proves that the package uses some patch system and that he > > should investigate a bit more. > > The existence of a debian/patches directory proves that the package > uses some patch system and that he should investigate more.
But this assertion is not true once new source packages are “ready”. :) Some forward-looking can't hurt when we design policy. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
