Re: Debian package without released upstream source

[Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>]

Hallo Ben,

Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> Jörg Sommer wrote:
>> Hallo Goswin,
>> 
>> Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
>> > Just make sure to use a version that sorts lower than a future actual
>> > 2.2 release. Optimaly 2.2~beta2 would be used but I think the DAK
>> > still doesn't accept those. 2.1.99+2.2-beta might be a good choice.
>> 
>> Good objection. I've changed this.
>> 
>> In a PM, someone raised the objection that the source tar.gz might be a
>> temporary file. I assume this, too. But I expect when upstream removes
>> this file, it places a new one at sourceforge. Does anyone share this
>> objection? Should I not use this tar ball?
>> 
>> BTW: What can I do, if I can't run pbuilder?
>
> Why can't you run pbuilder?  Not enough disk space?

I have only a dialup connection that is to slow and to expensive to stay
up to date.

Bye, Jörg.
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