r162 - /web/deps/dep5.mdwn

[lars at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: lars
Date: Sat Jan 15 13:05:12 2011
New Revision: 162

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/?sc=1&rev=162
Log:
Make Source mandatory unless no upstream source

Policy 12.5 does not make it mandatory for all packages.
Thanks, Stefano Zacchiroli, Charles Plessy, and Andrei Popescu.

Modified:
    web/deps/dep5.mdwn

Modified: web/deps/dep5.mdwn
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn?rev=162&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- web/deps/dep5.mdwn (original)
+++ web/deps/dep5.mdwn Sat Jan 15 13:05:12 2011
@@ -149,12 +149,17 @@
      will usually be written as a list of RFC5322 addresses or URIs.
 
  * **`Source`**
-   * Required
+   * Required, unless there is no upstream
    * Syntax: formatted text, no synopsis
    * An explanation from where the upstream source came from.
      Typically this would be a URL, but it might be a free-form
      explanation. If the upstream source has been modified to remove
      non-free parts, that should be explained in this field.
+     This field is mandatory, unless there are no upstream sources,
+     which is mainly the case for native Debian packages.
+     See [Debian Policy, 
+     12.5](http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile)
+     for details.
 
  * **`Disclaimer`**
    * Optional