Re: RFS: cvsconnect (QA upload) [new package]
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 07:56:16PM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: Jeroen Schot sc...@a-eskwadraat.nl writes: On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 01:07:28PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: I'd mention the CVS repo in debian/copyright. A dead link, however historical it may be, is fairly useless. I have to disagree with you here. The point of mentioning the source of a package in debian/copyright is to document it's origin. The original source URL can still be useful in combination with services such as The Wayback Machine[1]. [1]: http://www.archive.org/web/web.php I prepared a new package and uploaded it to mentors: lintian -IE --pedantic reports the following: P: cvsconnect: no-upstream-changelog (there is no upstream changelog) P: cvsconnect: no-homepage-field (removed because it's dead) Same locations as before: http://mentors.debian.net/package/cvsconnect dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cvsconnect/cvsconnect_0.1.cvs20001202-2.dsc I hope someone can review/upload this package. Regards, -- Jeroen Schot signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: RFS: cvsconnect (QA upload) [new package]
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 09:56:30AM +0200, Jeroen Schot wrote: Hi, thanks for caring, I've uploaded your package. I have to disagree with you here. The point of mentioning the source of a package in debian/copyright is to document it's origin. The original source URL can still be useful in combination with services such as The Wayback Machine[1]. [1]: http://www.archive.org/web/web.php ACK. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110831080931.gc2...@sho.bk.hosteurope.de
Re: RFS: cvsconnect (QA upload) [new package]
Jeroen Schot sc...@a-eskwadraat.nl writes: On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 07:56:16PM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: Jeroen Schot sc...@a-eskwadraat.nl writes: On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 01:07:28PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: I'd mention the CVS repo in debian/copyright. A dead link, however historical it may be, is fairly useless. I have to disagree with you here. The point of mentioning the source of a package in debian/copyright is to document it's origin. The original source URL can still be useful in combination with services such as The Wayback Machine[1]. In that case, I would've suggested a link to the wayback machine, so that the link is something that exists at the time of upload. Not something that's known to be gone, and can only be unearthed via the wayback machine or similar services. In my interpretation, the Source field should document where the sources can be obtained from at the time of packaging, not some other place that disappeared years ago, even if that was the original source. Or, since one can include free-form explanation in the Source field aswell, it can be mentioned that CVS is available, but it used to be here-and-here. That way you document both the original source, and a place where it's still available from. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ippehr3d@balabit.hu
