El Tuesday 22 July 2008 11:20:40 Ben Finney escribió: > Noel David Torres Taño <envite@rolamasao.org> writes: > > > I'm the (new) maintainer of wmaker-data which is a package > > containing files from several upstream sources. Some files have been > > downloaded from one place, some from other place, etc. > > > > Which is the recommended practice here? > > If the package could reasonably be useful outside the context of > Debian, it should not be a Debian-native package. The Debian > packaging, and the (possibly empty) set of changes to the upstream > source, should be separated from the "pristine" upstream source. Thanks, that mention of "could reasonably be useful outside the context of Debian" is the point I didn't had in mind. > > > I see the following options: > > > > A) - The package was put together specifically for Debian, so it > > must be native > > No. See Developer's Reference §6.7.8.2, "Repackaged Upstream Source": > > You **should** upload packages with a pristine source tarball if > possible, but there are various reasons why it might not be > possible. This is the case if upstream does not distribute the > source as gzipped tar at all, or if [non-free]. > > In these cases the developer must construct a suitable > .orig.tar.gz file himself. We refer to such a tarball as a > repackaged upstream source. Note that a repackaged upstream source > is different from a Debian-native package. A repackaged source > still comes with Debian-specific changes in a separate .diff.gz > and still has a version number composed of <upstream-version> and > <debian-revision>. > I readed it but I feel it is better to ask if not completely sure. > > B) - The files are not for Debian > > or rather, they are meaningfully useful outside Debian. > > > so it must not be native and needs a orig.tar.gz > > Yes. > > > I feel that correct answer is B but here is where the real problem > > arises for me. How to set up a orig.tar.gz file from several places? > > Construct a procedure to do so automatically, e.g. a command-line > program. Set a target 'get-orig-source' in the 'debian/rules' file > that invokes the program you just wrote. I will do. > > For an example that I recently had to do myself, see the > 'lojban-common' package version 1.5-2. For another, see 'vim-scripts' > version 20080705-1. > > -- > \ Hercules Grytpype-Thynne: “Well, Neddie, I'm going to be | > `\ frank.” Ned Seagoon: “Right, I'll be Tom.” Count Moriarty: | > _o__) “I'll be Gladys.” *slap* —The Goon Show, _World War I_ | > Ben Finney > > Many thanks. Next version will behave that way. Thanks (again) Noel Torres er Envite
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