Bug#678594: RFS: driftnet/0.1.6+cvs20040426-1 [ITA] [RC] (second try: documented upstream repackaging and updated man file)

[david.sephirot@gmail.com]

Hi eugene,

> Good. Another point which I now noticed is that you want to lowercase
> the short description: s/Picks out/picks out/. So, please fix that, add
> Vcs-* headers, fix changelog corrections above and I'll upload the
> package.

OK, thanks for point out the typos :)

driftnet/0.1.6+cvs20040426-2 uploaded, you can find it at:	
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/driftnet/driftnet_0.1.6+cvs20040426-2.dsc
	

> > My intention is take over the development of driftnet but I tried to
> > contact Chris Lightfoot, the upstream author, and I notice that he dead
> > some years ago.
> > 
> > About this situation, I have a question:
> >       If i create a new fork (that i want to develop and maintain), can
> >       it be uploaded to the debian archive as if it were the original
> >       driftnet package ?
> 
> I don't have a strong opinion about that, but I think we can follow the
> libc example: source package name to be changed to the name of the fork
> but binary package name to be the same.

I think this too. 

Because the next mayor change I will implement is to add ipv6 support 
(currently I have patch for it but Im still testing and working on it) and I 
dont want to piss off the Chris work, Im thinking about to rename the fork  
'drfitnet6'.

About that I have a pair of questions:

	- Can i  maintain the current version numbering of the original driftnet 	
	  package and start working in the fork from it ?

	- Can debian provide with git repositories in that I can host the package 
	  and the 	upstream code ? 


Regards,
   David Suarez