Re: RFS: gcx - astronomical image processing and photometry
Am Mittwoch 14 Dezember 2005 05:02 schrieb Justin Pryzby:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 04:11:04AM +0200, Radu Corlan wrote:
> > On 12/14/05, Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > > Some will critique your inclusion of the ./debian/ directory in the
> > > upstream source. Personally, I'm okay with it; and it probably helps
> > > reduce the overhead of the project.
> > Well, i definitely want to keep the debian dir in the cvs source tree.
> > i have it in the upstream source because my procedure is to do a make
> > dist in the upstream, then copy the tar to .orig, detar it and just
> > run dpkg-buildpackage and pbuilder.
> >
> > I can of course remove it from there if it's objectionable.
>
> FYI, the "official" recommendation is to keep the Debian dir (and
> other patches, if you're not using eg dpatch) in a separate CVS
> repository.
>
> I would recommend to create a "make deb" rule that does what you
> need, to avoid the hastle of remembering to copy the orig tarball :)
> See my sextractor diff for an example of how to keep the diff
> readable. Of course, you case is a bit different, since ./debian/ is
> in upstream tarball.
Hm. Even if you as an upstream developer find somebody to maintain the Debian
package for you, then this person could use the source as it is, from my
understanding. The changes this person would perform would then spawn the
creation of a novel diff.gz. It would be a bit unusual but not a native
package or anything against the idea behind the Debian policy from my
understanding.
Many greetings
Steffen
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