[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#737448: [src:orthanc ] Sourceless file (minified)

[Sebastien Jodogne]

On 02/03/2014 12:57 PM, Sebastien Jodogne wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
>> The problematic  files are all *.js files since they are compressed and
>> not to be considered as editable source files.  Your task would be to
>> verify, whether there are any *.js files just packaged for Debian
>> (checkout
>> files starting with libjs-* and
>>
>>     apt-file search
>> <file_in_question_perhaps_using_regexp_for_version_number.js>
>>
>> is your friend.  You should strip these files from the upstream source.
>> For this I'd recommend using "Files-Excluded" in debian/copyright (see
>> `man uscan`).
>>
>> For those JS files that are not yet packaged I'd recommend to put the
>> real uncompressed source into the dir debian/JS.  To have some accepted
>> example you might like to have a look into gnumed-client packaging:
>>
>>
>> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-med/trunk/packages/gnumed-client/trunk/
>>
>
> Thanks for this very helpful clarification.
>
> I have however an additional question: During the build process, all the
> Javascript/HTML/CSS/... resources are integrated into the Orthanc binaries.
>
> Is this behavior OK wrt. Debian guidelines?

BTW, another related question: How can I bring back the *.js/*.css files 
into the build folder, where the CMake build script expects them? Am I 
allowed to create symbolic links in the "override_dh_auto_configure" 
sections?