Re: How (not) to convert from 3.0 (quilt) to 1.0
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:46:32 +0200, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote:
> >>At minimum, if you don't want to use a patch system, you should
> >>additionally delete the .pc/ and debian/patches/ directories.
> >Removing all patches is also _not_ correct way to convert package for
> >backports.
> I was thinking the same thing, but got told, that the new source
> format also creates some empty quilt templates, even if you don't
> use any patches.
Hm? I've never seen anything like that with "3.0 (quilt)".
- If there are patches, they get applied.
- If there are direct changes to the upstream code, patches get
created.
- If there's neither, nothing happens (except for .debian.tar.gz
instead of .diff.gz etc.)
- And despite the name, quilt is not really involved.
Cheers,
gregor
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