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Bug#512220: ITP: mumbles -- plugin-driven notification system for GNOME



Hi

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:58:41AM +0000, Дмитрий Ледков wrote:
> > Upstream ships a debian/ directory in tar.gz so probably the sources
> > needs repackaging, to have a "cleaner" Debian diff.gz.
> 
> Try contacting upstream and ask them to remove debian/ from the sources.
> 
> This is not sufficient reason for repackaging sources. diff.gz will be
> clean enough. You should only repackage sources if there are not DFSG
> free. For everything else (eg. upstream ships debian, or derictory
> structure is akward) you should keep the original tarball.

Ok I understand. I got a suggestion for another package with the same
problem. Clearly I will also contact upstram about that. I thought
only it would be easier to maintain, to not have a "mix" as debian/

Thanks for your comment on this ITP!

Kind regards
Salvatore
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