Arno Töll <a...@debian.org> writes: > Hi, > > On 27.01.2013 19:32, Gergely Nagy wrote: >> There are two native packages I maintain, and I've yet to hear a good >> reason for making either of them non-native. > > Not knowing your use cases in particular, it would often be good enough > if we could restrict native packages to use cases, where they actually > were designed for.
Completely agreed. > We have native packages in Debian where people deliberately use them, > because they are more convenient (i.e. less strict) and easier to use > (no need for orig tarballs). I don't think we should endorse that any > further, so I agree with Jakub in that. Perhaps we should figure out how to make it easier to create orig tarballs (though, gitpkg does a pretty good job there, imo), and prod the native (ab)users to see how their workflow can be made easier even with non-native packaging. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ehh6mnv1.fsf@algernon.balabit
