Re: Packages that require enormous amounts of source

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>]

James Troup <J.J.Troup@comp.brad.ac.uk> writes:
> Does policy really require this?  If so, that's silly, IMHO.  Take
> g77, for example; currently it requires unpacked gcc source to be
> built.  I think this is perfectly reasonable and would be seriously
> hacked off if I had to bring back 7Mb of redundant source code home on
> floppies to satisfy some whimsical policy requirement.  (And I know
> Galen wouldn't be to happy about having to upload it either)
> 
> Personally I can never remember reading such a requirement in policy
> and I'd be happy not to be proved wrong on that score.

Hmmm... Looking through the policy manual, I can't see such a
requirement either.  But what is the proper way to specify in the
source package that additional sources are needed?  And where should
they go?
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