backintime: Where are the sources from?

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

c.buhtz at posteo.jp wrote:

>What I want to know is how can I be sure where the ubuntu package
>got its sources from. I assume it isn't upstream everytime!

The commands and link that I had originally given you often provide
links to the source locations. Also, the version number of a package
may correspond with or be similar to an upstream version, which may
provide a clue. But as Athos pointed out, there's no way to know
whether that source will remain available or whether the developers
have changed the source file after Ubuntu grabbed a copy of it or
will change it at any time. It may sometimes be necessary to contact
the maintainer for more information.

>For example backintime: Upstream is at GitHub. But there are also 
>sources on Launchpad. That is what confuses me.

GitHub is one of a number of places where upstream developers put the
code that they work on. Launchpad is used by Ubuntu for managing
projects, which can include storing the packages (sometimes fetched
from GitHub and then packaged by Ubuntu) used in its releases.

-- 
Little Girl

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