Re: No official upstream sources archive, only tagged SVN directory
"W. Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> wrote:
> Quoting Ivan Dubrov <wfragg@gmail.com>:
>> Other solution is to remove unnecessary files from directory before
>> packaging it as "upstream source package". The disadvantage is that
>> upstream source generated this way is not very "natural", such
>> archives do not correspond one-to-one to the Subversion repository
>> content.
>
> I see no problem in that solution. Yes, it's not as
> nice as a one-to-one picture, but let's stay pragmatic.
You (Ivan) could also look for a "make dist" target - if it exists, you
can simply create a tar.gz file from an SVN export. If it doesn't exist
yet, you can earn yourself some honor and contribute it...
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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