On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 02:31:17PM +0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.23.8 > Severity: wishlist > > .orig.tar.gz's containing a debian subdir is usually a PITA, and it's so > distribution-secific it doesn't belong in any upstream's tarball anyway.
BS Submitter is probably missing the bigger picture. It is up to upstream what they ship in in their .orig.tar.gz ( remember that free software is about freedom ) The emitted warning will split collaboration between authors and distributors, a bad thing. And don't forget that Lintian is a tool to check a _package_ against Debian policy, not a check on the original tarball. Cheers Geert Stappers
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