On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
Not yet -- I'd prefer not to submit it upstream until I've thoroughly polished and tested the .debs. (And if they do end up in Debian's archive, it makes life easier if upstream doesn't have their own debian directory.)
In general providing a debian directory in upstream source is considered a bad idea. Feel free to search the debien-devel archive for the various reasons.
deb-src http://borex.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ unstable main to your sources.list. Run "apt-get update" then "apt-get source clhep2 geant4". You need to build and install the clhep2 .deb first, then geant4.
I would consider this as a step in between for an official inclusion of a package. There is obviousely interest here on this list and probably there are some more people outside of this list. Including software into Debian most probably has the side effect to enhance the upstream software as well so there is no real reason to keep it outside.
All comments/criticisms about the Debian packaging so far are welcomed.
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