Re: No native packages?
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 07:16:44PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> I am guilty myself of maintaining a native package (and another one
> is waiting in NEW). However, I will be happy to switch to a
> non-native format once I figure out a releasing work-flow that is
> convenient for me.
Changing from native packages to non-native sounds like increasing my
work-load for absolutely no gain to Debian (or myself).
Harder to merge downstream changes? How? We know how to merge
patches don't we?
I do double-releases for other stuff; its a pain but for those cases
essential. I don't recommend it if you don't need to.
- Craig
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