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2 Subject: binary-less source-only packages
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8 katie does reference counting of binaries and any source package which
9 isn't referenced by a binary package is automatically deleted. This:
11 o allows us to stop violating the GPL.
13 o ensures that the source for any binary package is always available;
14 nice for build problems on non-i386 arches.
16 o reduces manual work in cleaning out cruft from the archive as
17 packages where the source name has changed will be automatically
20 The only problem is intentionally binary-less packages. The only
21 valid occurrence I can think of is pine, but in case there are more
22 I've added an override for such files in:
24 /org/<host>.debian.org/scripts/override/override.source-only
26 If you process an intentionally binary-less package in incoming and
27 determine it's binary-less state is valid; please add the package to
30 If I've missed any packages and people are screaming about their
31 removal, you can recover them from:
33 /org/<host>.debian.org/morgue/rhona/
35 As to how to add them back into the pool.. ho hum.. have to write
36 something to do that :-)