Re: GDCM 2.0.6 is out !

["Mathieu Malaterre" <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>]

Andreas,

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>
>> I have just release GDCM 2.0.6. See link for more info:
>>
>> http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/GDCM_Release_2.0#GDCM_2.0.6
>>
>> I have completely rework the debian/* files so the package should be a
>> valid debian package out of the box.
>
> Many thanls for keeping us informed.  I'll just have a look onto this.
> I don not remember whether I mentioned in previous mails that keeping
> the debian directory in the upstream source is depreciated for several
> reasons.  If you are interested I could try to assemble a list of
> several postings on Debian related lists.  Another problem I'm currently
> facing by this approach is that Debian Med packaging policy says that
> only the difference to the upstream source should be kept in Debian Med
> SVN, which is in principle the debian directory.  But what should I
> put into SVN if debian is part of the upstream source?
>
> If you are convinced that shipping the debian dir with upstream source
> is not a really clever way and want to store it rather in our SVN, just
> tell me and I'll grant you access.

Apparently with the newer format any debian/ directory will simply be discarded:

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-devel@lists.debian.org/msg261687.html

So that should answer your question: simply pretend my initial work on
those debian/* files does not exist. If you are happy with how I wrote
those debian/* files, then yes I could upload them on your SVN server.

Thanks,
-- 
Mathieu