> What is wrong with just adding mdl as a new binary package in the existing > source package?
By the conventions of the Ruby team,[1] the name `ruby-mdl` conveys the idea the binary provides only a library. For them, the binary however provides an application conventionally named without the prefix `ruby-`; hence their recommendation to rename both the binary as well as files in the pristine-tar branch.[2] Was the collection of mdl "as new" into a separate folder and eventual pristine git repository (without the trouble of ruby-mdl history) an error on my side? I thought the simultaneous presence of some files "ruby-mdl*.*" and of files "mdl*.*" (and perhaps some not yet correctly renamed ones) confusing and hence opted-in for what appeared to me to be a clean cut. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Ruby/Packaging/Conventions [2] Antonio Terceiro, October 07, 2023