That would prevent the create-package-from-tarball scripts from functioning,
Can you elaborate on this statement? How would a contrib directory
break something? Is it because they would see the existing .deb file
(for example) in a subdirectory?
and would be the least desirable of all solutions. My preference would be
to discard Debian and RedHat directories completely and let the package
maintainers do their own job.
I don't disagree but I'd like to see something that makes everyone happy
if possible.
Regards,
KAM