Re: advice on changing to a non-native package
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 04:52:16PM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote:
> > but can't you keep it as a native debian package, yet using a dash
> > in the version? I use this scheme with some packages. When I make
> > changes only to the packaging stuff I bump the number after the
> > dash, when I make other changes I bump the part before it (of course
> > setting to 1 what follows). Lintian gives a warning, but it is
> > considered to be bogus.
>
> That solves part of the problem, but the other reason is to separate
> out the Debian-specific part of the package, so it could be picked up
> more easily in the future by other distros or maintainers.
Correct me if i am wrong, but isn't approx as debian-specific as a package can
get ? Do you have evidence that someone is using it on a non-debian system
(well, debian or debian derivative) ?
And if all they need to do is ignore or remove the debian dir, then things
should be just fine, no ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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