On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 11:52:15AM +0200, Mattia Dongili wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a wannabe Debian maintainer (already applied the NM program). I > packaged a small daemon (cpufreqd) of which I'm also the author. > > I was wondering If I need to package the sources with or without the > .diff.gz archive. > > The Developer Reference says: > > If a package is developed specially for Debian and is not distributed > outside of Debian, there is just one .tar.gz... > > I did not developed it specifically for Debian but it's not a problem to > distribute the upstream version with the Debian modifications included > since I'm also the upstream author. > > any suggestion? >
(it was hard to provide you with a URL to the posting of Debian Mentors where I got the next advice ) Make a directory 'deb' that goes into the tar.gz. Store in that dir al the debian stuff. With a simple `cp -a deb debian` you have the debian directory for building the package and .diff.gz That makes it possible to act as both package author and maintainer. Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
