James Westby <jw+deb...@jameswestby.net> writes: > The unpacked source package has no format, it's a directory on disk > with certain properties. You could take that directory and produce a > source package in any number of formats. > > The debian/source/format is then not a declaration of what format the > directory is in, but what format the tools should produce when > creating a source package from it.
Thank you, that's a useful distinction. I'll consider it and see if I need to ask more questions, rather than making more noise in this discussion. -- \ “We must find our way to a time when faith, without evidence, | `\ disgraces anyone who would claim it.” —Sam Harris, _The End of | _o__) Faith_, 2004 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r5n1m2rm....@benfinney.id.au
