Re: Upstream maintainer adding debian/rules
"Kalle" == Kalle Niemitalo <tosi@ees2.oulu.fi> writes:
Kalle> Should the version number be 0.13.4 or 0.13.4-1? DUMB is
Kalle> certainly not a Debian-only package, but the Debian support is
Kalle> embedded.
0.13.4. When the upstream source and the debianization are maintained
together, theres technically no need for a -subversion. You can use
one though, if you want the ability to tweak the .deb without making
it seem to your users like the main program has changed.
Kalle> Is there some reason why I should move the Debian files to a
Kalle> separate patch?
Again, no need. If theres no .orig.tar.gz, dpkg-buildpackage will
create the .tar.gz and .dsc and automatically omit the patch file.
Kalle> Is it necessary (or even useful) to have the .dsc files on FTP
Kalle> sites?
I think (1) its useful because it contains the md5sum of your source
tarball, guaranteeing its authenticity (dpkg-buildpackage will
PGP-sign it), and (2) its necessary because Debian's source-extraction
tool, dpkg-source, expects to be given a .dsc file. :-) In a sense a
.tar.gz isn't Debian source unless theres a .dsc explaining how to
unpack and patch it.
--------------------- PGP E4 70 6E 59 80 6A F5 78 63 32 BC FB 7A 08 53 4C
__ _ Debian GNU Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net> mm mm
/ /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ "netgod" irc.debian.org mm mm
/ / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / m m m
/ /__| | | | | |_| |> < Yes, I'm Linus, and I am your God. mm mm
\____/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ -- Linus, keynote address, Expo 98 GO BLUE
Reply to: