On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 08:52:37PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > >>>>> "Miriam" == Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es> writes: > > Miriam> Hi, The author of one of the packages I was packaging for my own > Miriam> use has asked me to be the maintainer of the debian's > Miriam> package. The problem that I found is that in latest versions he > Miriam> includes his own version of debian's directory inside the > Miriam> original tar.gz file as you download it from the web. > > I have an upstream who did that -- he took my debian directory, and > stuck it in his source tree, and he syncs once in a while. I just > maintain as I normally do, and the diff file includes a diff of my > debian directory against upstream's. > > The success of such an approach will depend on how much your upstream's > debian directory differs from your own. In my own case, since my > upstream uses my debian directory, it isn't very problematic; the diff > usually just adds a few lines to the changelog, so it's a pretty clean > diff. If your upstream absolutely insists on including a debian > directory, you can ask that he uses your debian directory instead of > using his own. Since he has asked you to be the Debian maintainer, I > assume that shouldn't be much of a problem. That is how it works for conglomerate and it is a good think. It is also how it is intentend is. Upstream releases .tar.gz and the Debian maintainer makes a .diff.gz against it. When Upstream and Debian maintainer work closely together the size of .diff.gz reaches near zero. > Miriam> Quoting him: "The reason I added debian subdirectory is to > Miriam> distribute it with the source files." > > You can then ask him why he needs/wants to distribute it with the source > files. IMHO it is the best way to say to mankind "This software is good and I would like to see it running on more places." Cheers Geert Stappers
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