On Wed, 08 Apr 2009, Resul Cetin wrote: > I noticed that `dpkg-source -b SOURCEDIR` will create a *.debian.tar.gz
Only if you use a newer source format (and it's currently not the default format). > which includes personal informations. This includes username and group > of the current user which creates a package. These informations aren't > meant for other people. I find this reasoning too extreme. If the user builds a native package it will also contain a tarball with its current user encoded: $ apt-get source debhelper [...] $ tar ftv debhelper_7.2.7.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x joey/joey 0 2009-03-26 20:20 debhelper/ drwxr-xr-x joey/joey 0 2008-12-17 00:13 debhelper/Debian/ This is the case ever since Debian has existed and it has never been a problem. So the problem is not affecting only Format: 3.0 (quilt). Any upstream tarball also encodes the username of the upstream author: $ tar ztvf zim_0.27.orig.tar.gz|head drwxr-xr-x pardus/pardus 0 2008-11-12 21:02 Zim-0.27/ -r--r--r-- pardus/pardus 35982 2008-11-12 21:02 Zim-0.27/zim.pot Since it doesn't create any problem at unpack time, I don't see a good reason to change this behaviour. In fact it might even be useful to be able to track down who built a package. So I will not change this behaviour without a better rationale. I'll give some time for people to comment (and for you to respond) but without a convincing reason, I'll probably close it or tag it wontfix. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
