❦ 27 mai 2019 16:15 +10, Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>: >> If you just want to get upstream's idea of their package onto a system >> with their release schedule and their recommended dependency versions, >> there are better ways than getting a package into Debian. > > In the Debian mentors forum (that is, the chat channel, the mailing > list, etc.) we make a point of saying: that's fine! > > Not every package needs to be in Debian, for its users to install that > package. Someone who wants what you describe above can learn how to make > a Debian package that will only be side-loaded from that community's own > repository, or whatever. People using tools like fpm will never get familiar with our tools and will never be contributors. -- The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark Twain
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