Re: kissplice-1.8.1 ready for release
Hi David,
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 02:36:41PM +0200, David Parsons wrote:
> It took quite some time but I finally managed to have a modified
> upstream version online.
>
> As requested, the new upstream version includes the source (tex)
> file for the documentation in addition to the pdf. As for the
> secondary binaries, they are now installed in /usr/lib/kissplice.
>
> The tarball for this version replaced the old one and is available
> here : https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/?group_id=4712&release_id=7992
> (direct link to tar.gz file : https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/32827/kissplice-1.8.1.tar.gz)
Well, I have downloaded this tarball and confirm that the file
doc/user_guide.tex
is included as well I can see some changes in some cmake input files.
The problem is that you simply created another version of an official
upstream tarball which is not the right way to go. Besides the fact
that upstream is now at version 1.8.2 we should *not* modify their
tarball but rather try the following:
1. Convince upstream to implement the changes (specifically include
doc/user_guide.tex in their *official* tarball)
2. If upstream for whatever reason refuses to take over the changes
we need, we have to do this as patches and not by simply changing
the tarball.
Otherwise we are carrying around some undocumented diff to upstream
source which is a pain to maintain and just not the right thing to
do(tm).
> I hope everything is ok
Not yet - but I'm optimistic that we are on the right track given that
we have the source for the docs and we can easily move port the changes
you did to quilt patches. If you have no idea how to do this just ping
and we will help you.
Kind regards and thanks for your work on this
Andreas.
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