Re: update excuses.. how to read them
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Daniel Kobras wrote:
>
> > There's no diff to the changelog because it is already included in the
> > upstream sources. I (currently) maintain both of them after all. And I'd
> > like e.g. potato users to build uptodate .debs for their system by just
> > grabbing the .tar.gz and rebuilding. But anyway, the zero diff isn't a
> > problem technically, it just looks quite awkward to me, and I fear it
> > might confuse some users who happen to look at the diff. But if others
> > think this is okay, it's also fine by me.
>
> Do you always release a new version of the tarball whenever you need to make
> changes to the debian/ directory?
Currently I have to do so, as any Debian native package has to as well.
But that's exactly the situation I'd like to avoid, and that's why I think
the zero-diff approach is a bit strange but definitely helpful.
Regards,
Daniel.
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