Es geschah am Freitag 13 Mai 2005 22:15 als Adeodato Simó schrieb: > That if a package does not contain those two bits of information in > the copyright file (author and where to get the source), you should > file a serious bug against the package, since the Debian Policy §12.5 > mandates that such information must be present.
Good on paper, better to be enforced. > > I would like to ask for adding a new field to Debian package descriptions > > which defines the upstream source of a package, that is the location > > where the original sources were downloaded and probably optional as > > another field the upstream authors, like: > > > > Upstream-Source: http://www.getithere.org > > Upstream-Author: Foo Crew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hence no need for this, its place is not the description but the > copyright file, already. Right, but as a package description field it's easy to ensure (automatically) that this information is really provided. You can't seriously check that automatically on a README or copyright file. This would improve quality of the Debian distribution and be handy for users as well. CU Christian