On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 02:36:20PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-23 11:33]: > > VisualOS seems to be a native package. The previous maintainer was > > also the upstream developer (it's a SourceForge project). > > > > So should I convert this to a normal style package instead? Is it as > > straightforward as renaming the tarball? > > It's a native package which uses non-native version numbers... I think > it should be non-native. Ideally, obtain the upstream .tar ball, make > a diff to the current package and use that as the Debian diff. And > when you build -3, include the new .orig.tar, but it will need another > name as the one currently in the archive. (Ugh, messy.)
Hmm. I've read the other emails regarding the new tarball having .orig in the name. The version in sid/sarge is a released version + CVS stuff. It's horrible. I'm going to deviate from my normal practise of not updating upstream versions for my QA uploads and package the newer upstream version... regards Andrew
