744707 forwarded Bernhard Reiter <ock...@raz.or.at> Thanks bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bast...@gmail.com> writes:
> Package: gourmet > Severity: serious > Version: 0.17.2-1 > user: debian...@lists.debian.org > usertags: source-is-missing > severity: serious > X-Debbugs-CC: ftpmas...@debian.org > > Hi, > > Your package seems to include some files that lack sources > in prefered forms of modification: > > gourmet/plugins/web_plugin/gourmetweb/templates/jquery.js > > According to Debian Free Software Guidelines [1] (DFSG) #2: > "The program must include source code, and must allow distribution > in source code as well as compiled form.". > > This could also constitute a license violation for some copyleft licenses > such as the GNU GPL. > > In order to solve this problem, you could: > 1. repack the origin tarball adding the missing source to it. > 2 add the source files to "debian/missing-sources" directory > > Both way satisfies the requirement that we ship the source. Second option > might be preferable due to the following reasons [2]: > - Upstream can do it too and you could even supply a patch to them, thus > full filling our social contract [3], see particularly ยง2. > - If source and non-source are in different locations, ftpmasters may > miss the source and (needlessly) reject the package. > - The source isn't duplicated in every .diff.gz/.debian.tar.* (though > this only really matters for larger sources). > > You could also ask debian...@lists.debian.org or #debian-qa for more > guidance. > > [1] https://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html#guidelines > [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736873#8 > [3] https://www.debian.org/social_contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
