2007/6/27, Pádraig Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Justin Pryzby noted to me previously that,
advantages for having debian/ in the .diff.gz rather
than the orig.tar.gz are:
. more conventional
. not confusing other people using other distributions
. allowing new Debian revisions without bumping the version for the
non-Debian source"
The last is the main advantage I can see.
Also, allowing derivative distributions to be able to fit the packaging to
their needs, even replace it. Derivative distributions also use the debian/
directory, and having to modify stuff there, especially if you need to
delete files, is quite dirty with .digg.gz patches.
Miry
