Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 4:42 AM, Piotr Ozarowski <piotr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> [Germano Massullo, 2016-11-20]
>> We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their
>> code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc.
>> This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he could do to make easier
>> the work of packagers.
>> In this case the software is python-netjsongraph [1] that bundles
>> javascript-d3 library and that is being reviewd at [2]
>>
>> I think it would be nice to make a discussion even for non Python
>> packages, so we can elaborate a sort of vademecum that a packager
>> could show to upstreams when there is a collaboration between them.
>
> In Debian we have https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide
> I guess more official, cross-distro document that we all point upstream
> authors to would be a nice idea as well.

It would be a great idea if there were principles that all
distributions could agree on and have a document codify that so that
all distributions can reference it to upstream.



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