Paul Elliott <pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com> writes: > It has been suggested by a respected reviewer that while I am removing the > unsourced binaries, I remove ALL of the "convenience copies of code". That > way > the unused code would not confuse anyone. > > I thought, that when creating a dfsg tarball, one should remove only the > files > with licensing problems. > > What is the proper procedure? Remove only the unsourced binaries, or all of > the unused code?
I happen to be the 'remove as little as possible' camp, because I want to keep my diffs with upstream to a minimum, and removing convenience copies is too intrusive for my liking. To avoid confusion, debian/README.source is a perfect place to explain that the convenience copies are unused on Debian. On the other hand, if you have to repack, you might as well create a clean tarball too - that also has merit. I do not think there's a single 'right' way to do it, both methods have their pros and cons. I happen to think that the minimal changes approach has more pros than the other. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878vhmyel7.fsf@algernon.balabit
