hmmm, I just had the upstream remove the debian specific stuff so I could have policy compilant stuff and use the debhelper stuff more. On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 03:14:20AM +0100, Mich?l Alexandre Salim wrote: > Hello, > > A general observation of Unix programs in general - a > lot more of them come with RPM spec files, even > generates them automatically from a spec.in file, than > with debian scripts. > > Probably a function of the majority of Linux users / > programmers working on RPM-based systems but I am > curious about this point: When someone creates a > Debian package of a program (s)he is recommended to > inform the upstream maintainer as well. Should this > not involve the integration of the debian scripts into > the program's source as well? > > Am currently dabbling with packaging GLib/GTK+ 1.3 and > finding the debian scripts in GNOME rather > out-of-date, if present at all. > > Regards, > > Michel > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Jason Thomas Phone: +61 2 6257 7111 System Administrator - UID 0 Fax: +61 2 6257 7311 tSA Consulting Group Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0418 29 66 81 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.topic.com.au/
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