From d40e638f1de8f8cdeb02e2443ccb041ccd6e7920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:28:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a README.source Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- debian/README.source | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/README.source diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source new file mode 100644 index 0000000..998f5a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +The source code for this package is maintained in git. +The primary upstream branch is here: + https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git/secnet.git/ + +Upstream releases are announced here: + https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sgo-software-announce + +There is no distinction between the upstream and Debian branches +at this time. We don't maintain a Debian delta (patches), nor Debian +revision numbers. + + +Some items are included using git-subtree, notably subdirmk: + +This designed to be "git-subtree"'d into one's package. That +is the way the upstream package uses it. + +It would be possible to make it a separate package and build-depend on +it, at the cost of some additional work. The upside would be a very +small amount of disk space saving, and largely theoretical saving of +work in case of a need to do a security update for subdirmk (which +seems unlikely to be critical since it's build system software which +is designed to execute its input) - and that all only in the case +where a second package in Debian uses subdirmk. + +We are deferring this work until subdirmk becomes more widely used. -- 2.30.2