---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 13:13:09 +0100 > From: ewl+debian+nospam2...@lavar.de > To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is this really the debian way ? > > Hi, > > On 08/02/14 20:13, Roelof Wobben wrote: >> So they have to use some sort of "hack" to find the files of the second >> package. >> >> If this is the way Debian wants the packages, how can I do the same with dh7. > Not too sure about this part and what the actual question is... > >> All the parts are of a debian directory made by the Linux mint developers. >> and on the faq is stated that it is better to make a debian diretory instead >> of using upstream. > I'm not too sure which FAQ you are referring to, perhaps [0], but you > should understand it the right way: it doesn't mean that you should > throw away everything what upstream has done, because it would be a > complete duplication of work, which would be a shame (especially if > upstream has a good enough and well maintained debian/ directory), but to: > 1. try to get upstream to remove debian/ from their upstream source .tar.gz > 2. if that doesn't work, repackage upstream to remove debian/ from the > package, but use the debian/ directory as basis for your work (again, if > it's of good quality and actively maintained i.e. less effort than > re-creating the whole debian/ from scratch). > As Cinnamon is on Github, you could probably do some smart > clone/branching magic to limit your effort keeping your debian/ in sync > with upstream's, but I'm no specialist here (I just read here and there > that git can do this kind of magic :-)), and/or provide Cinnamon > directly your improvements of their debian/ directory which are not > Debian specific (it's generally possible to package software in a way > that it works under Ubuntu, Debian and all their derivatives, possibly > after a rebuild). > > Hope this clarifies and helps, > Eric > >> >> Roelof >> > > [0] > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What.27s_wrong_with_upstream_shipping_a_debian.2F_directory.3F > -- > I'm subscribed on debian-java, debian-mentors, pkg-java-maintainers and > pkg-vdr-dvb-devel. > No need to CC me on these lists. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52f770d5.2060...@lavar.de >
Thanks for the explanation. Roelof -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/dub121-w38004f867c0085dbeb6d49ae...@phx.gbl
