also sprach Stan Vasilyev <stan.vasilyev@csun.edu> [2006.01.24.2214 +0100]:
> I tried convincing the upstream to remove the debian directory, but so far he
> refused. His argument is that a user should be able to download his tarball
> and build it from source, build an rpm package or build a deb package. I sent
This is the way RPM works, but not Debian. Tell him no user will
ever build the deb package because it is *in* Debian.
> If Thierry refuses to remove the debian directory, would it be OK
> for me to remove it myself and repackage pristine source without
> it? What else can I do?
I think that would be okay. Alternatively, just leave it in, make
the -1 diff.gz empty, and start filling it up when -2 comes along.
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