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Re: ignoring upstream debian directory



On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:56:01PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> [2004.10.28.2218 +0200]:
> > Patch cannot delete files.
> 
> It can:

The other problem is that if upstream adds a *new* file in the debian/
directory, it won't be deleted by patch. It has to be tracked for every
new upstream. And if files content change, it can become tricky to apply
debian patch.
Really, keeping it would be harmful.

Mike



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