Re: [Prototype Patch] Always include debian packaging in index

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>, 2011-10-26, 16:08:
> Jakub have asked to get debian packaging included in the index (for 
> source packages).  Currently this only happens for native packages.
>
> I have attached a prototype patch that I intend to use a basis.  The 
> patch will make index include the .debian.tar.$ext in the list of 
> tarballs and forge index data for 1.0 packages based on the lsdiff 
> output.
>
> There are at least two major corner cases it does not handle, which 
> should be fixed before applying it to the master branch.
> * 3.0 (quilt) where upstream has a debian dir in the orig tarball
> * 1.0 diff.gz removes a file from the upstream part.

I don't think the latter is even possible...

> Alternatively, we can create a separate index for debfiles that 
> contains this information.  In that case, we will have to split the 
> "upstream part" and the "debian part" of the index for native packages.

I imagined two indices: one for files in (.orig).tar, one for all files 
after unpack.

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Jakub Wilk