Alessandro,

This is to do with the way in which source packages in Debian/Ubuntu  
are handled. A source package consists of three files: a *.dsc (which  
contains a description of the package, a *.orig.tar.gz and a  
*.diff.gz. The *.orig.tar.gz contains the original, unmodified source  
tarball (from your website). When we "debianize" the source code, we  
add a debian/ directory which contains build scripts, lists of  
dependencies, copyrights, etc. The *.diff.gz essentially contains this  
directory so we can keep our changes and the original code seperate.
When unpacking the source package for building/editing the *.diff.gz is
applied to the *.orig.tar.gz to obtain the debian changes.

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[needs-packaging] posterazor
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/233846
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