README.source [was: Re: [Pkg-voip-commits] r6159 - in /siproxd/trunk/debian: changelog control patches/md5_prefix.diff watch]

[Faidon Liambotis]

Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> This package has a patches/ directory. From what I understands, it means
> a non-standard source tree. Hence this requires README.source .
> 
> I already put a rather generic README.source in some packages . e.g. I
> believe that the one from the package zaptel will apply with a minimal
> single edit of "zaptel" to "siproxd". And also slightly edit to adjust
> to patchsys.
> 
> (libpri has basically the same stanza with "dpatch" instead of "quilt")
> 
> I used a generic stanza because I assumed things may change and
> therefore preffered providing links to a page with further information.
I think that mentioning dpatch or quilt is unnecessary clutter within
the package. You may be right that this may be the policy's intention
but it doesn't make it any more reasonable.

In any case, we could either keep our Standards-Version to 3.7.3 or
violate the letter of 3.8.0 (but IMO not the spirit) until lenny is
released. After that, the discussion would be moot since we'll probably
migrate to dpkg v3.0-quilt format.

Regards,
Faidon