also sprach Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.13.1359 +0200]: > ??? Users of __stable__ won't ever get that piece of software, no > matter if it goes into unstable, testing, or any other distribution > you might make up.
Users of stable can just as well add unstable deb-src links to
sources.list. That's probably even better than pulling the software
from xyz and compiling it in /tmp. Use `apt-get -b source`!
> Please, do acknowledge that having a debian directory in upstream
> does make sense for a lot of different motives. Maybe it does not
> make sense to distribute it with a release, but putting it in
> a branch, as you said, is too much extra work for upstream.
sounds like the wrong version control system to me. :)
> If he wants to have a debian directory, it's his right as upstream
> to have it. Although it is a good idea to discourage distributing
> it.
Sure it's his right. I still do not see a reason why it would be
needed upstream.
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