Re: Including debian directory in CVS, or not.
Ben Collins wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 11:31:54AM +0200, peter karlsson wrote:
> > Peter S Galbraith:
> >
> > > I could add the debian directory to CVS and to `make source' such
> > > that it becomes part of the upstream tar file. Good idea?
> >
> > I think so. They don't do any harm to others, and it's good to have all the
> > files in one place.
>
> That's not true. One day he may orphan the package to someone who does not
> have CVS access, and then they will have to patch the upstream debian
> directory. IMO, debian/ in upstream is not a good idea unless *you* are
> the author.
Well, in this case, the author is a good friend of mine and has
been for over 10 years. He recently put up the sources at
sourceforge and I have write-access.
I'm thinking inclusion might be good. I'm not sure about
.orig.tar.gz or plain .tar.gz uploads to Debian though (and I
didn't think of the Debian version number issue until Peter
Karlsson bought it up).
I suppose I could upload as .tar.gz with no Debian version
sub-number if I know the build to be clean (no diffs). In the
unlikely event that I later need to patch it for Debian only (say
during a freeze), then I can do the second upload as Debian
version -1 and includes sources as .orig.tar.gz
Sound good?
Peter
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