On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 04:41:58PM -0500, Brian S. Julin wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Would someone who has a CVS account please add it to the CVS archive?
> > it just adds a "debian" directory, which helps with building .deb files
> > from the source.
>
> It was pointed out a while ago that adding a "debian" directory can cause
> problems when a new developer takes over who does not have CVS access.
> So what I would suggest, is that we name the directory something else
> (e.g. distrules/debian-2.2 or something like that) and the .dsc can point
> to a .diff that has just a symblic link from ./debian to
> ./distrules/debian-2.2 in it.
>
> Then when another debian developer comes by who does not have CVS access,
> they don't have to deal with having a /debian directory in the way.
>
> If this is cool with everyone (Charles, are you here or should we
> go with this debian directory instead of what you had, which is now
> old?) I will test the package and add the new directory wherever looks
> most appropriate in the tree.
Whatever you do is fine with me. I have 2 primary goals in distributing this patch.
#1 to make CVS ggi able to be installed by anyone running debian by typing
"dpkg-buildpackage; dpkg -i ../*.deb" If you wish to use someone elses version to do
this, that's fine with me. As long as something gets in. (I didn't do a real bang up
job... but it does work.) #2 to give a starting point for whoever wants to upload
packages to the debian project.... I figure if it just takes a "dpkg-buildpackage",
that someone will be more likely to change the version number, and upload it as a
official debian package. (hopefully syncronizing with XGGI (xserver-ggi)).
I would also like to see any changes the offical debian developer makes get sent
upstream (i.e. get into cvs). That dosn't seem to happen.
Corey
