On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 05:45:15 +1000, Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > On 16-Apr-2016, Stephen Kitt wrote: > > I just have two comments on the repacked version on Mentors: > > > * you could use "Files-Excluded" in debian/copyright instead of > > adding a repack script > > The Uscan behaviour in the presence of “Files-Excluded” requires a > bunch of fiddling with the upstream-versus-Debian version string for > the resulting tarball. With a repack program, the version handling > just works properly.
I've had good results with “repacksuffix”, but your approach works fine too, and you’re the maintainer! > > * since there is a way to make version 6.12 DFSG-free as provided > > upstream, it would be nice to prepare an upgrade path — so I would > > prefer a ~dfsg version instead of +dfsg. > > Thank you, I will change the version (which is another reason I'm glad > the version handling just works correctly :-) Thanks, I’ve uploaded the package. Regards, Stephen
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