Re: RFS: b5

[Panu Kalliokoski <atehwa@sange.fi>]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 11:05:32AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> I think the reason is that native packages can't be pristine, and
> pristine packages are preferred.
>   http://www.us.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-origtargz

I'm familiar with this section, but it does not say so, and it isn't
true that native packages can't be pristine: my .tar.gz's are pristine,
and they build native packages.

> > Because when you are the upstream author, native packages are easier to
> > maintain and build, and because I can't see any possible harm done by
> > building a package as a native package, I have been distributing my
> > own projects as native Debian packages.
> You can manage debian/ in the same project, in the same repo, and make
> it a nonnative, pristine package, with an empty .diff.gz.

This seems to make even less sense to me.  Maybe I'll raise this
question on -devel, because it really interests me whether there is a
guideline like this or not.

Panu

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