On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:09:59AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > Making changes to make the build work is always good, of course. > > However, when changes are made for the Debian package, this should be > > done in a way which doesn't hide them. When a user sees a package where > > the tarball is repackaged "because some files had to be removed", she's > > not going to expect any changes other than the removal of some files. > > For other changes, we have a nicely working patch system. > In fact devref 6.7.8.2.2 discourages doing anything except removing > files when repackaging.
If this is the case, I shall try to avoid it in the next revision. Thanks for pointing this out. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
