Andrew Suffield wrote: > Did I miss a mail somewhere? Yes. :-)
> ... > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 02:55:35PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: >> Can i make a request that you store as much of the debian packaging >> information and scripts as possible in the Shorewall svn ? I'd >> really like to be able to build proper packages from the >> development svn tree. :-) > ... > (I have probably tried just about every possible combination over the > years, including the one where you invent new revision control > systems to try to make it work. It's much harder than it looks.) You are one serious masochist. :-) > ... > The best approach is usually to maintain the Debian package > independently, and then regularly copy the debian/ directory back > into the upstream tree - so that part of the tree is actually > downstream from the Debian package itself. It sounds a little weird, > but it's invariably simpler than any of the other ways, and gets the > job done. That sounds fine to me. Like i said, my motivation here is to make it easier to build Debian packages from svn. > It's also best if those files are not included in the upstream > release tarballs, as that tends to cause user confusion and really > doesn't help anybody (all those who can use it, can get it more > directly from a Debian mirror). Agreed. >> (tools/build would be a good place for it) > > Debian packaging has to be placed in the root of the source tree. > Getting anything else to work right requires deep understanding of > the very gnarly internals of the package build process, and the three > or four layers of abstraction it's usually buried under. There's > probably about a dozen people who could pull it off, and none of them > would want to. I'll bow to your experience here - i've only developed a few private packages. However, i don't think it's unreasonable to want to build packages from the Shorewall svn tree, and however much of that that Roberto can facilitate without undue effort would be appreciated. -- Paul <http://paul.gear.dyndns.org> -- Did you know? Viewing your email in HTML mode makes you more vulnerable to 'phishing' (fraudulent email) and 'spam' (junk email). Find out more about protecting yourself at <http://www.spamhelp.co.uk/2004/05/dont-use-webmail-view-html-spam-emails.html>.
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