On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 08:57:07PM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > I would like to ask whether there really is such a guideline, and if so, > > which are the technical / political reasons that lead to it. > a) If there is a bug in the packaging, it can be fixed without uploading > a new upstream source tarball. Assuming upstream version is 1.2, the > first Debian version would be 1.2-1, and the fixed one would be 1.2-2. > The .orig.tar.gz file would be the same for 1.2-1 and 1.2-2.
What benefit does this have in addition to bandwidth savings? > b) Keeping upstream and packaging separate makes things easier when they > no longer are maintained by the same person. Upstream doesn't have to > maintain debian/* anymore, and the Debian package maintainer doesn't > need to feed his changes to upstream and wait for them to be > incorporated in a new release. This seems good grounds only to go non-native _when_ the author and maintainer become different people. > c) Often, though obviously not always, the upstream developer isn't > following Debian packaging policies and practicies to the extent a > dedicated Debian developer would. Thus, if the package gets uploaded to > Debian, its Debian packaging will differ from upstreams, leading to > confusing and .diff.gz files that are hard to read, since they don't > contain all the Debian packaging. This only seems to apply to a situation where the upstream is not a DD. However, I'm trying to get to be one. > d) It doesn't really make it harder to keep packaging files separate. It > may require a step or two extra to the script that builds a release, but > it should be easy enough to do that. That's true, making packages non-native doesn't have much to be said against, however, it doesn't have much to be said for. Maybe the whole thing is just arguing about painting the bikeshed; but I'm concerned that a technical recommendation has been formed that does not really have any technical argument to support it. Panu -- personal contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED], +35841 5323835 technical contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.iki.fi/atehwa/ PGP fingerprint: 0EA5 9D33 6590 FFD4 921C 5A5F BE85 08F1 3169 70EC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
