On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 01:08:47PM -0500, Carlo Segre wrote: > On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >An excellent point. I imagine that it would also be permissible to > >repackage the .orig.tar.gz file so that it is gone from there as well.
> True, but then there is an additional step to taking a new tarball release > and making a package. I think it is better practice not to modify the > upstream tarball. Suppose that I were gone and you wanted to package a > new release of my package. If I have a special, hidden procedure to > prepare the original tarball, then you would not be able to just apply the > diffs from the old source and have a chance to make it work. See devref section 6.7.8.2: "Repackaged upstream source". -- Clear skies, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
