RE: inclduing debian directory in upstream source?
On 04-May-99 Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> Hi,
> what is the best way to include the debian directory (no patches to the
> source) in the upstream source? Or is this not recommended at all? I have
> sent the debian diff to the upstream author and he included it (I wrote a
> small manpage, but he is not using it in his makefile yet). The problem I
> see is, that the debian diffs (mainly the changelog) will allway lag behind
> the upstream source, since I can edit it only after he has released the
> source.
>
Let the debian/ directory be placed in the upstream. That will allow fairly
recent deb's to be built by other people if they desire and show off debian's
name. You can release mod'ed versions if you need. Just coordinate changes
with the upstream author.
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