[Debian-in-workers] Multiple RFSs - Splitting fonts-smc (was Re: Updating fonts-smc and FontForge update)

[Balasankar C]

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On ചൊവ്വ 15 നവംബര്‍ 2016 09:39 രാവിലെ, Vasudev Kamath wrote:
> One more thing I noticed you stripped upstream folder using gbp but it
> will still be present in the upstream tarball. So your justification
> reducing size still does not hold. 
Are you sure? Because, I just tried cloning the repo and built the package using `gbp buildpackage`. The folder I skipped using gbp.conf was present neither in the orig.tar.gz generated nor the upstream branch of the repo. My belief is that it is the orig.tar.gz file that gets uploaded to the archive. Or, am I looking in the wrong location?
> Additionally if you remove some
> portion from upstream README.source is not the place to mention.
> Correct way to do is use Files-Excluded: in copyright and provide if
> required repacksuffix in watch file.
Is it accepted in copyright format 1.0 ? I read in the page UscanEnhancements[0] that the bug regarding that is still open. So, I feel it is better not to use it until it is part of the specification, officially .
Also, isn't Files-Excluded used to specify uscan to remove the files? Since I am already doing that with gbp.conf, do I need this field?

Another doubt in the similar tracks is that, do I need to use a suffix? Because, I am removing something from upstream not because it is DFSG-violating, but because to reduce the file size (assuming that argument holds). If I have to, what suffix should I use?

[0] https://wiki.debian.org/UscanEnhancements


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