On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Patrick Matthäi <pmatth...@debian.org> wrote: > > See: http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html > <-- quote > # When to use a native vs a non-native debian package > > You should only use a native Debian package when it is clear that the > package would only ever be of use in Debian. Even if the software is > currently only available in Debian, if someone could reasonably use the > software on another distribution or on another operating system, then > the package should be non-native. > > A few examples of normal packages are: libc6, apache, phpmyadmin. But > linda, lintian, dpkg and some other tools are purely developed for > debian, and make no sense being released in another distribution. > quote --> Can you please advice on how to create "orig" package, when debian dir is part of the project file-tree? Do I need to checkout sources and then just delete debian subdir, pack orig tarball, then restore debian dir and proceed? -- Zaar
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