Hi Gunnar, On Mon, 26 Mar, 2007 at 01:48:15PM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > I see the changes you are introducing are small, and would like to > upload the package - However, I cannot but wonder on why you are > moving from the (apparently still active) upstream Web page to yours, > and introducing a new upstream version (without mentioning either in > an upstream changelog or anywhere else I could see) what does > change. Wouldn't it be better if you made the Debian-specific changes > into a 1.3.9-2 and sent the upstream-related changes to the author?
The sources released upstream can't be packaged easily into a Debian package. So, every time a release is made, I take the upstream sources make the modifications, add my setup files, and then prepare the package. After packaging I ask upstream to release the tar ball used for packaging on the flickrfs web page. This sometimes takes lot of time. So, I thought of putting the tar ball on my page. But, I guess that is not a good solution. So, for the current release I have again asked upstream to release the tar ball on the flickrfs page. It is available here: http://manishrjain.googlepages.com/flickrfs-1.3.9.1.tar.gz I have requested to merge my changes upstream, and I think it will be done from the next release. Meanwhile, I have made changes in the package and now it points to the upstream web page instead of mine. It is available here: http://varun.travisbsd.org/debian_packages/flickrfs/flickrfs_1.3.9.1-1.dsc Thanks Varun -- .''`. Varun Hiremath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : Homepage: http://varun.travisbsd.org `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system
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