Re: inclusion of a debian dir in upstream src

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Sam Powers <sam@oddbox.org> wrote:

> Is it a good idea to keep a debian directory upstream? I have CVS access,
> so I think it'd make it easier for me, and also for others who want to
> build custom debs, if the debian files were in CVS.
> 
> If anyone who's gone this route before has any tips, I'd appreciate
> hearing from them.

I do this with the gri package and like it.

I end up with an empty .diff.gz file for version -1, and usually an
non-empty diff.gz file if a -2 version ever gets released (like now).

Peter