>>>>> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org> writes:
Wouter> But in the general case, I feel that downstream packaging Wouter> changes belong downstream, not in Debian; therefore it is Wouter> best to recommend that, in the general case, packages in Wouter> Debian do not switch on dpkg-vendor. Right. Where as I believe it's not that clear cut and would rather simply outline a bullet list of tradeoffs for maintainers to consider. I'd be OK with a general case recommendation though; it's just not how I'd do it if I were writing text. And for the record, there are times when I've chosen to ship debian directories upstream because it was the right thing in that case. And I've dropped the upstream directory when circumstances changed. There though, I agree with you that there is a dominant answer: don't ship debian directories upstream.