Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 11:31:54AM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > Peter S Galbraith: > > > > > I could add the debian directory to CVS and to `make source' such > > > that it becomes part of the upstream tar file. Good idea? > > > > I think so. They don't do any harm to others, and it's good to have all the > > files in one place. > > That's not true. One day he may orphan the package to someone who does not > have CVS access, and then they will have to patch the upstream debian > directory. IMO, debian/ in upstream is not a good idea unless *you* are > the author.
Well, in this case, the author is a good friend of mine and has been for over 10 years. He recently put up the sources at sourceforge and I have write-access. I'm thinking inclusion might be good. I'm not sure about .orig.tar.gz or plain .tar.gz uploads to Debian though (and I didn't think of the Debian version number issue until Peter Karlsson bought it up). I suppose I could upload as .tar.gz with no Debian version sub-number if I know the build to be clean (no diffs). In the unlikely event that I later need to patch it for Debian only (say during a freeze), then I can do the second upload as Debian version -1 and includes sources as .orig.tar.gz Sound good? Peter
