Re: Regarding: Debian: packaging updates.

Simon Richter [off-list ref] writes:

I'm currently in the process of working my way through the current 
packaging, and there is quite a lot I am going to simplify. As the 
Debian build scripts do not expect this file to be autogenerated, I 
think it would be counterproductive to do so; it can seriously affect 
reproducability of builds.

(actually, I would like to ask not to fix things in the Debian packaging 
that aren't broken, as providing an upgrade path for earlier versions 
will be a lot less painful then)

Noted.  I just barely speak enough deb to build binary packages,
and the source packaging and upload procedure are something I've
never bothered to learn, so I won't be touching that area from
now on.

Since you have debian.org e-mail address, perhaps you can feed
me patches to debian/ area and deb: rule in the main Makefile?
I was asked to use dpkg-buildpackage/dpkg-genchanges and produce
the *.changes file as well by somebody who maintains his own
private apt source.  I'd appreciate if you can take care of it
when you update the Makefile deb: rule as well, if the *.changes
file request makes sense to you.