Re: Of the use of native packages for programs not specific to Debian.
On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 11:22:30AM +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote:
> We have a lot of troubles when upstreams ship a debian/ directory
> in upstream tarball, thus I'll expect derivatives will have similar
> problems
I don't see it that way.
The reason why we have 'a lot of troubles' when upstreams ship a debian/
directory, is because upstreams usually supply that directory as a
courtesy to make life 'easier' for those people who want to build a
Debian package out of their SCM repository, and that as a result, they
are usually not even remotely Policy-compliant. Thus, we need to do a
*lot* of work to get them integrated properly; and any files that keep
lying around in debian/ might interfere with other things.
Debian packages from the Debian distribution usually are
policy-compliant and maintained, so this kind of problem does not
manifest itself as often for our downstreams
(of course there are packages that are not maintained nor
policy-compliant, but then they don't tend to live long in the
distribution).
--
The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters
works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is
trying to fool the system.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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