Re: [StGit] Debian packaging update

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" [off-list ref] wrote:

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2008/8/22 Daniel White [off-list ref]:

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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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