On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 21:45 +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > In this particular project I am a member of upstream (packager, > proofreader and copywriter for English website) and I want to store my > debian/ directory in upstream's SVN as it makes it much easier for me > to manage snapshots, updates, and so on. > If debian-native packages are discouraged then is there a good way to > keep the debian/ dir with upstream's VCS? You can store the debian/ dir in upstream's VCS, but is is very undesirable to put it into released tarballs. It may seem handy now, but it will create a strange situation when you're no longer part of upstream, or when someone takes over package maintenance, does an NMU or a security update. You will then get a diff.gz that diffs the old and new debian directory. So: keeping it in your upstream version repository is fine, but make sure it's not released. When packaging a new upstream version, combine the tarball with the debian dir at that point. Thijs
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