"Jason Self" <ja...@bluehome.net> skribis: > 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.
Yes, but we have Linux-Libre, which exists as a project of its own and handles all that for us anyway. Thanks, Ludo’.
