Re: [StGit] Debian packaging update

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Hi,

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 01:58:55PM +1000, Daniel White wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:57:02 +0100
> "Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 2008/8/22 Daniel White <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > Since it is now packaged by Debian is it still necessary to be
> > > maintaining Debian packaging?
> > 
> > This is mainly to make it easier for Debian maintainers. Someone might
> > also want to build a .deb package for a different version or flavour
> > of Debian.
> > 
> 
> I had been reading an article recently about packaging, and there was
> the suggestion that upstream having packaging caused headaches when
> merging new versions.

Including a debian/ dir in the upstream VCS usually should not be a
problem as long as it's not included in release tarballs. The main
problem _I_ see when the latter is not given (and I suppose that's why a
lot of people don't like it either) is that you'd get a really ugly diff
between upstream sources and the Debian packaging (the .diff.gz of a
Debian source package).

Imho, keeping a debian/ dir in the upstream VCS is a nice service to the
user and keeping it close to the "official" Debian packaging is even
better.

Cheers,
Sebastian

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