Re: Question about native packages

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote:

> > Native is best choosen for packages which are not expected to be used
> > outside of Debian, btw. If I were xine's upstream, I'd package it as
> > non-native.  The non-native format is more flexible.
>
>  Packaging it native is a perfectly valid thing to do, even better than
> nonnative. Why? Because the Debian packaging files can be used by anyone,
> not just Debian. Just as the .spec files are now included in many packages.

If your package isn't a native package you can still include the debian/
subdirectory in your upstream sources.

There are only two differences compared to a native packge:
- The version number is 0.3.6-1 instead of 0.3.6 .
- There's a separate Debian changelog besides the upstream changelog (that
  doesn't tell the user about FreeBSD changes when he upgrades the package
  as xine currently does).

cu,
Adrian

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