(IANADD; TINASOTODP.) In <[🔎] 135eeb1d0906300927x47149b60x74e8194e76a175f1@mail.gmail.com>, Juan Jesús Ojeda Croissier wrote: >Hi :-) > >Before nothing, sorry for my mistakes about mount-systray ackage and >the native and non-native packages. Your comments and the mentor's FAQ >help me a lot. > >Well, I have one doubt about the version. What I understand from the >policy[1] is that for the package mount-systray, the version should be >something like: >mount-systray-0.5.3-1 >uptream version = 0.5.3 >debian version = 1 > >But then lintian tells me I need a *.orig.tgz (which I haven't) or if >I created a *.orig directory, then tells me the diff is empty and so >on. $ pwd ~/my-new-package_0.4.5-1 $ cd .. $ cp -Rl my-new-package_0.4.5-1 my-new-package_0.4.5.orig $ rm -rf my-new-package_0.4.5.orig/debian Now, you'll have a non-empty diff. Remember, though, that 0.4.5-2 must be based on the same .orig.tar.gz and that you should avoid making changes outside of the debian directory in your .diff.gz. If any changes are required, use a patch system. >I (or actually we -> Guadalinex team) am upstream and we maintain >the code with the debian files all together. I know that it's better >not to do that and separate the code and the debian files, but, at >least by now, we have that way. That happens. It's even appropriate for you to maintain a debian/ directory in your VCS. It should be kept out of the "release tarball", but the build system can handle it even if it isn't. >The thing is if I put the version like 'mount-systray-0.5.3debian1', >which I have seen in some packages, lintian doesn't say a word. That would still be a native package by my reckoning, which is not what is appropriate for this package. >[D]o I really need to separate the app code from the debian >packaging files? isn't there another option? The other option is native packaging. However, I think we've already covered why that isn't appropriate for this package. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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