Re: Someone to 'proofread' a .deb please

[Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk>]

Hi,

In article <[🔎] 20081211211444.b3526312.codehelp@debian.org>,
           Neil Williams<codehelp@debian.org> wrote:
> Upstream is not Debian - the two should not mix, even if your are the
> Debian maintainer. The debian/ directory will have to be changed
> between upstream releases and must not be overwritten with the next
> upstream update.

That makes sense

>
> It is simply unacceptable to have the debian/ directory in the upstream
> source.
>
> Keep it in your upstream VCS if you want, but leave it out of the
> tarball.

Ok. That sounds do-able. I was including the debian diretory in my
distribution .tar.gz, but I can see that it probably doesn't need to be in
there.

I'll look at getting it packaged up tomorrow and uploaded to 'mentors'. Is
the request for sponsorship automatic? Or is there an 'approved' format?

Andy