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Re: looking for sponsor



On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:05:06AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote:
> Debian native packages should be used only if the software was
> specifically written for Debian and makes no real sense on non-Debian
> systems. It is very common that you change the packaging without
> modifying the source code itself, and you usually don't want to release
> a new version then, just a new packaging patch.

Ah, OK, I'll look into changing the way I build it.  I was under the
impression that debian native was the way to go whenever the developer
and the package maintainer are the same person.  Is it policy, in this
case, *not* to include the debian/ dir in the normal release tarball
as I am currently doing?

> I've got a pretty busy day today, if noone has sprung forth when I
> get back home, I'm going to sponsor you.

thanks
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