On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:24:07AM +0200, Simon Chopin wrote: > Quoting Jerome BENOIT (2012-07-17 10:11:16) > > The upstream source package contains no changelog file, > > but the library website provides matter to extract one for it. > > > > I guess that I may have to extract the changelog file from the website: > > may I forget it ? > > A debian source package should be self-contained, which means that it > should not rely on any resource outside of the source itself and its > build-dependencies. If you'd download something off the internet, it > would mean that rebuilding your package with the same system would not > necessarily produce the same outcoming binary packages. Plus, there are > buildds without Internet access. > > I'd contact upstream to see whether they would include the changelog in > the tarball from the next release on, but in the mean time just don't > worry about it, I don't think any potential sponsor will hold that > against you.
I'd ship the upstream changelog inside your packaging instead. -- Copyright and patents were never about promoting culture and innovations; from the very start they were legalized bribes to give the king some income and to let businesses get rid of competition. For some history, please read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Monopolies_1623
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