Hi Daniel, Daniel Baumann wrote: >>>one can't just apply a patch between the current one and my one, to be >>>able to build it out-of-tree, you have to repackage it (like I did). >> >>Why would this be necessary? I would prefer to keep the orig.tar.gz >>identical to upstream (e.g. in case of new upstream releases, etc.). > > Upstream puts just patches for in-tree compiliation in his tarball, we > need them separately, for out-of-tree compiliation.
What you are doing is taking upstream's code and adjusting it to out-of-tree compilation. Since you are shipping patches (dpatch ...) anyway, it still seems to be possible to prevent repackaging (which should be tried as far as possible). >>Otherwise, we wouldn't even need a orig.tar.gz anymore. (?) > > Actually true, but imho there shouldn't be any native packages in Debian > at all. This differs from common practice and standards within Debian. Feel free to discuss it on [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;-) bye, Roland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
