On Sun, 05 Dec 2010, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> wrote: > > > Using dpkg -b directly is still not the right way to build a package. > > If you don't want to distribute a source package, that's fine don't > > distribute it. But a debian binary package should always be built from > > source package, it's the best way to create a policy compliant package > > because you will use the same tools that all Debian developers are using > > to create official packages. > > > > And then you will have no problem with dpkg-genchanges... it's only > > designed to work from within an unpacked source package. > > It is very unlikely Daniel's work is intended for the Debian archive, > so there is no need for him to create packages in policy compliant, > normal or standard way.
Debian policy compliant is our definition of a "good package". And I bet everybody wants to create good packages. So let me disagree with you on this one. :-) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101206074321.gb32...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com