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Re: Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter S Galbraith" <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>
To: <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION


> Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:26:01PM +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > > So, my question is, is there any reason why all the debian/ dirs are
not
> > > sent upstream for inclusion in CVS? As a maintainer, I would
gratefully
> > > accept any patch for doing so to the modules I maintain.
> >
> > Most(?) developers don't like this approach, because it's not easy to
> > get stuff in sync when doing a release,
>
> I like it when I have CVS access and participate fully upstream.
>
> >                                         and if there's no debian patch
> > this means upstream will have to release a new version even if only a
> > debian related issue is addressed.
>
> Not necessarily.  Upload a .orig.tar.gz containing the debian directory
> and an empty .diff.gz (and not a .tar.gz file without a diff.gz).  This
> leaves you free to patch in stuff as version -2 with the patch going
> into the diff.gz file.
>
> Peter
>
>
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