On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > I'm increasingly inclined to agree with this, but I'd like to specifically > spell out what the exceptions are. I think the important exception would > be that packages that use quilt or dpatch in the default mode, applying > all patches in debian/patches/series debian/patches/00list before the > build and removing them on clean, aren't required to have a README.source. > That should get most of the cases where this is simple boilerplate, while > still preserving the requirement for uses of quilt or dpatch in a > non-standard way.
Ack. I was not really complaining of the README.source requirement for my own packages since their quilt usage meant that once 3.0 (quilt) is accepted, I can simply drop that file at that point. And given that planned move I wonder if only quilt should get the exception (that would make one more incentive to standardize on a single patch system). > I don't know if we should include CDBS's basic patch system as well. While easy to understand and use, we should aim at standardization so I prefer not listing more but rather less. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
