Sam Geeraerts <sam...@elmundolibre.be> skribis: > Op Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:01:13 +0200 > schreef l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès): > >> 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? > > For gNewSense we do as follows. If the software recommends non-free > software then 'apt-get source' will give you the unmodified upstream > source + a debian/patches tree with a fix to remove the reference. If > the upstream source contains blobs or non-free code then 'apt-get > source' will give you the upstream source without the troublesome bits > (+ a debian/patches tree if there are also issues like the former).
Thanks for the explanation. I’ve come up with a plan that will allow Guix to behave similarly [0]. Ludo’. [0] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-09/msg00137.html
