Ludovic Courtès said: > Yes, I understand this, but my question was more about how this occurs > technically. > > My understanding is that Debian-based distros provide the unmodified > upstream source, with a debian/patches tree containing patches they > apply. Do I get it right?
Ah, I see. In the case of, say, the Linux kernel it's not really possible to provide the unmodified source code because that would mean Trisquel would be distributing that non-free software. So, their orig.tar.gz isn't the unmodified upstream source but rather the deblobbed version.
