Hi,

Since my snap2 source is debianized, I though maybe this could be a "Debian native 
package," and avoid the diff.gz entirely.  However, in the debian-mentors FAQ by 
Matthew Palmer (http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html) I see the 
following advice:

"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."

Since my snap2 backup program is most definitely useful outside of Debian, it 
should apparently NOT be a Debian native package.

Lloyd

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:00:42 -0600, Thomas Goirand <[email protected]> wrote:

IT IS a must that the debian folder is NOT in the orig.tar.gz, even if upstream 
is also the packager. What you are describing here is what we call a debian 
native package, which is really limited to very specific cases.

Thomas




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