Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060429 05:50]:

>>  4. should use <packagename>-<upstream-version>.orig as the name of the
>>     top-level directory in its tarball. This makes it possible to
>>     distinguish pristine tarballs from repackaged ones. +
>> 
>> that feels very ugly and ad hoc.  I'm not a fan of encouraging these kinds
>> of heuristics, particularly when they're not widely followed in the
>> archive at the moment and therefore not particularly useful to apply.

> If you think something is broken in the developers reference, please
> help us to fix it.

Oh, I will if it seems warranted.  Right now, it's just a gut feeling on
my part, which shouldn't matter a tremendous amount to anyone.  If I feel
there's any sort of consensus or if I have a concrete suggestion, I'll
definitely file an actual bug.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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