> "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > =20 > > a "pure debian" package as you put it should really only be for items= > written > > for debian by debian devels. Anything else can be treated as a stand= > ard > > package. > > I would add that only pure Debian packages should include the 'debian' > directory. I've seen some tarballs including a debian directory left > unmaintained after a first attempt to package the application.
Your words are not clear to me. All pure Debian packages must included a debian directory. Non-native packages may or may not include a debian directory in the upstream source file. (Upstream source is upstream source. If the upstream author provides an old/obsolete debian directory in the upstream tarball, you should not remove it.) Non-native packages must contain a debian directory after the Debian diff has been applied to the upstream source tarball. Eric
