RE: Is this really the debian way ?
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> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 13:13:09 +0100
> From: ewl+debian+nospam2014@lavar.de
> To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Is this really the debian way ?
>
> Hi,
>
> On 08/02/14 20:13, Roelof Wobben wrote:
>> So they have to use some sort of "hack" to find the files of the second package.
>>
>> If this is the way Debian wants the packages, how can I do the same with dh7.
> Not too sure about this part and what the actual question is...
>
>> All the parts are of a debian directory made by the Linux mint developers.
>> and on the faq is stated that it is better to make a debian diretory instead of using upstream.
> I'm not too sure which FAQ you are referring to, perhaps [0], but you
> should understand it the right way: it doesn't mean that you should
> throw away everything what upstream has done, because it would be a
> complete duplication of work, which would be a shame (especially if
> upstream has a good enough and well maintained debian/ directory), but to:
> 1. try to get upstream to remove debian/ from their upstream source .tar.gz
> 2. if that doesn't work, repackage upstream to remove debian/ from the
> package, but use the debian/ directory as basis for your work (again, if
> it's of good quality and actively maintained i.e. less effort than
> re-creating the whole debian/ from scratch).
> As Cinnamon is on Github, you could probably do some smart
> clone/branching magic to limit your effort keeping your debian/ in sync
> with upstream's, but I'm no specialist here (I just read here and there
> that git can do this kind of magic :-)), and/or provide Cinnamon
> directly your improvements of their debian/ directory which are not
> Debian specific (it's generally possible to package software in a way
> that it works under Ubuntu, Debian and all their derivatives, possibly
> after a rebuild).
>
> Hope this clarifies and helps,
> Eric
>
>>
>> Roelof
>>
>
> [0]
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What.27s_wrong_with_upstream_shipping_a_debian.2F_directory.3F
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Thanks for the explanation.
Roelof
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