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

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 11:36:28PM +0300, Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> 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.

There is a also different target audience: someone who will check out the
package with debcheckout . 

-- 
               Tzafrir Cohen
icq#16849755              jabber:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com
+972-50-7952406           mailto:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com
http://www.xorcom.com  iax:guest at local.xorcom.com/tzafrir