Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > This is not the right analogy. A C source file by itself cannot be run > without having been compiled while, AFAICT from the given description, > a BDF "source" file can be. Make an analogy with Perl source file, it > will work better: they do have copyright notices and comments, yet we > ship them in binary packages. >
With Perl you have no choice. AFAIK there is no binary Perl format. > A question I have and that hasn't been addressed by the original > request is: what is the advantage to have BDF files in binary > packages? Comments and copyright notices don't look like a real > advantage to me. > Copyright notices belong in /usr/share/doc/package/copyright. -- Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org