Re: debian files in sourceforge cvs

["Miriam Ruiz" <little.miry@gmail.com>]

2007/6/27, Pádraig Brady <P@draigbrady.com>:

Justin Pryzby noted to me previously that,
advantages for having debian/ in the .diff.gz rather
than the orig.tar.gz are:

. more conventional
. not confusing other people using other distributions
. allowing new Debian revisions without bumping the version for the
  non-Debian source"

The last is the main advantage I can see.

Also, allowing derivative distributions to be able to fit the packaging to their needs, even replace it. Derivative distributions also use the debian/ directory, and having to modify stuff there, especially if you need to delete files, is quite dirty with .digg.gz patches.

Miry