Bug#1114009: pkg-perl-tools: please stop generating useless/confusing debian/README.source pointing to quilt's README

[Alexandre Detiste]

Package: pkg-perl-tools
Version: 0.82
Severity: normal

Dear Team,

The quilt patch system has now been the default for a very long time.
There are now <1% of stragglers, none of them being Perl packages.


        echo "  -Q       - add debian/README.solurce pointing to _Q_uilt's README.source"
        echo "             if the package uses quilt"


Please remove the -Q option of scripts/packagecheck.
It generates useless boilerplate.

By virtue of this option still being there, someone might deduce
it is usefull or even the recommended way of working.

Less is more ;-)

Greetings

Alexandre





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cat <<- EOF > $DIR/debian/README.source
        This package uses quilt to manage all modifications to the upstream
        source.  Changes are stored in the source package as diffs in
        debian/patches and applied during the build.

        See /usr/share/doc/quilt/README.source for a detailed explanation.
EOF