Hello Joop, > I am also the upstream maintainer for xlog. So I see no use in > distributing both a .tar.gz and a .orig.tar.gz file. Note that you didn't respond to me, but only to the bug log, and my procmail hadn't subscribed to the bug since it was from a different submitter address.
Anyway, you probably mean ".diff.gz" instead of ".tar.gz". The typical reason given why you should do this is so that making a debian-specific change doesn't imply making a new upstream release. -- Clear skies, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]