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Re: Changing the way we deal with source archives

On Fri, 07 Mar 1997 14:04:00 PST Bruce Perens (bruce@pixar.com) wrote:

> From: Mark Eichin <eichin@cygnus.com>
> > Umm, they already do: <package>-<version>.tar.gz unpacking into
> > <package>-<version> is mandated by the GCS, and followed by a large
> > percentage of the packages out there.  *we* need to change the .orig
> > silliness. 
> 
> I agree. We need to change the policy manual and the defaults of
> dpkg-source so that original source archives are carried into the
> distribution un-modified. 
> 
> DOES ANYONE DISAGREE WITH THIS (calling for consensus here).

As long as it leaves the developper the choice.
I have several packages which I rename to fit the <package>-<version> convention.
Additionnaly, I have a couple of packages where some stuff from the original file has been deleted (because it's not built for Debian). It's only esoteric features. The deletion of a part of the source tree is documented in the README.debian.

For example, I maintain a library, libhdf which comes with some experimental pieces which are not necessary to operate the package. I remove those (they make up a significant part of the total size), and say so.

Phil.