Re: What to do if the upstream keeps debian directory in original tarball?
Martin Meredith <mez@ubuntu.com> writes:
> Why not just work with upstream as you seem to be doing - and when the
> packagings done - download it ... and upload as a debian native package?
> Surely if upstream keep a debian/ directory in the tarball then it would
> automatically be assumed as a debian native package?
A Debian native package means that every time you change *anything* about
the package, you have to increment the regular version number for the
package. That means you cannot do *anything* with the package without
getting upstream to release a new version. This is generally a bad idea
even if you're upstream; it's really not a good idea if you're not
upstream for the package.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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