Update README.source to current packaging

diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
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--- a/debian/README.source
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@@ -1,34 +1,23 @@
-Current packaging of cargo is highly non-standard due to the
-fact that both the language (Rust) and its package manager (Cargo)
-are young projects with a high rate of changes.
+Current packaging of cargo is sub-optimal due to the fact that
+both the language (Rust) and its package manager (Cargo)
+are involved into self-dependency loops to bootstrap.
 
-Debian has not yet a packaging policy nor a clear vision on how to
-package dependencies modules ("crates") in a working and reusable.
 Moreover, the current approach to modules and registry by cargo is
-biased towards an "always-online" use.
+biased towards a developer-friendly always-online use.
 
-For these reasons, we currently resort to several workarounds to
-build cargo:
+This package currently resort to several workarounds to build cargo:
  1. we use a custom script (debian/bootstrap.py) to build a local
     stage0, instead of downloading/embedding a snapshotted binary.
- 2. we embed a copy of crates.io-index, to avoid downloading the
-    registry from github.
- 3. we embed all dependencies crates, because cargo needs external 
-    modules but we are still not sure about how they will be packaged
-    in Debian.
+ 2. we embed all dependencies crates, because cargo needs external
+    modules (which need cargo themself to build).
  4. we generate a .cargo/config at build-time, to override paths and
     registry.
- 5. we create a temporary git repository at build-time for the 
+ 5. we create a temporary git repository at build-time for the
     registry, as this is needed by cargo.
-  
-As such, the original source is composed by three tarballs:
+
+As such, the original source is composed by two tarballs:
  * cargo source
- * crates.io-index registry (under index/)
  * dependencies crates (under deps/), stripped of unused embedded
    C libraries
 
-In the next future, we will try to get rid of this complex setup
-as much as possible. For the moment, we want to ship rustc+cargo
-first and postpone handling of third-party crates and apps.
-
- -- Luca Bruno <lucab@debian.org>  Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:57:36 +0200
+ -- Luca Bruno <lucab@debian.org>  Sat, 13 Feb 2016 17:50:59 +0100