lintian question - no-debian-changes

[Lajos Veres <vlajos@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I am planning to clean my package's lintian records, but I am not too sure
how to tackle this one:
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/no-debian-changes.html
> Debian packaging is sometimes maintained as part of upstream, but that is
> not recommended as best practice. Please make this package native, if the
> software is only for Debian. Otherwise, please remove the debian directory
> from upstream releases and add it in the Debian packaging.

The package is quite simple and its debian packaging is maintained with
the upstream source to keep everything simple. But I guess this has to
change and since the package is not Debian only, the second option looks
like the only real one. https://packages.debian.org/sid/main/misspell-fixer

Do I understand well that practically the debian folder should have to
disappear from the orig.tar.gz?
Is this what the check verifies?

I am wondering to move the debian folder to a dedicated github
repository to have it version tracked. Or is there any more Debian
friendly place for these debian packaging repositories?

Thank you!

Best regards.
Lajos
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