Hi Gregory,
No. If the content of the source tarball changes it is per definition a
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 04:10:29PM -0800, Gregory Sharp wrote:
> >The source tarball should not contain the Debian revision number. The
> >"-1" in the end is the Debian package version which will be increased
> >if there would be a need to change the packaging.
> >
> >> Should I just rename the .tar.gz file and go about my business?
> >
> >Yes, definitely. The name should be
> >
> > plastimatch_1.5.15+dfsg.orig.tar.gz
>
>
> Definitely I was misunderstanding this. Now I understand and
>
> my problem was easily resolved.
>
>
> But I still have a kind of philosophical question.
>
> With change of Debian revision number, couldn't the content of source
> tarball change?
new upstream tarball and usually you will start with Debian revision
number 1 again.
> For example removing an additional file from upstream.
> Then you would have different Debian versions, with different
> source tarballs, but the same filename