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Re: RFS: openteacher



In <[🔎] 20110117074140.GA16330@an3as.eu>, Andreas Tille wrote:
>[Y]ou should NOT maintain the debian/
>directory in the upstream source tree (for several reasons discussed
>several times before).

That's not a problem.  Release tarballs (including snapshots) should just not 
contain the debian/ directory.  Older source formats produce a lot of noise 
when a debian/ directory is present in the orig.tar.gz.  Even if "3.0 (quilt)" 
ignores the debian/ directory, it is a bit misleading to users of source 
packages are not interested in details.

In fact, if upstream wants to take an active hand in preparing policy-
compliant and release-ready packages, it may be best to use upstream resources 
to manage the package.  Contrary-wise, a half-baked debian/ directory, even if 
it only appears in the upstream VCS is not really useful to anyone.
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