On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 10:53:01AM +1000, skaller wrote: > hi, currently Debian typically requires 'tarballs' to make > source packages. > > This is a PITB because it requires some messy release concept, > keeping track of what needs to be tarred up, etc. > > I'm thinking of switching my project over so there's only > one way to build from source: directly from svn. > > This is partly because having switched from CVS to SVN > on Sourceforge, I've noticed that developers and non-developers > alike get the sources the same way from the same archive: > non-developers just can't commit. > > Instead of tarballs, just use a release tag. > > The problem is upgrading branches .. it's an untenable > violation of progress, requires messy merging, and other > stuff. If a tagged release is bugged .. too bad, try > the next one, we're only going to put fixes at the > head of the trunk. > > If you don't have svn .. you can't build the project > from source. Get real! You aren't a developer -- please > download a binary package! > > Is it practical to do this with Debian? With Ocaml-maint > the tarball is put in svn anyhow .. can we just copy > the svn image instead?
Debian official source format is pristine upstream tarball + .diff.gz + dsc description file (or tarball + dsc file). So, i don't think you can replace that tarball with an svn tree, and furthermore you should really strip all the non-release information from said tarball (including the .svn stuff and so on). But it is a bit unclear of what you intent to do. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
