https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6704
Bug #: 6704
Summary: [review] Add /debian/ back to MANIFEST
Product: Spamassassin
Version: SVN Trunk (Latest Devel Version)
Platform: PC
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Packaging: debian
AssignedTo: dev@spamassassin.apache.org
ReportedBy: dar...@chaosreigns.com
Classification: Unclassified
Created attachment 5012
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Add /debian/ to MANIFEST, remove it from MANIFEST.SKIP
6 months ago I copied the latest Debian / Ubuntu (they've been the same for a
while) packaging info ( /debian/ directory) into trunk, replacing an obsolete,
broken /debian/ directory. Around that time, /debian/ was also removed from
the MANIFEST / tarball releases. I'd like to add it back to the MANIFEST. I
believe the previous objections were mostly objections to including a /debian/
directory that was not maintained, or was different from what the Debian
maintainers are providing, neither of which is currently relevant.
My reason for wanting to include it in the releases is because there have been
numerous times in the past where I have needed to install something from a
tarball, and been very pleased to find an included /debian/ directory allowing
me to cleanly build a .deb instead of dealing with the other less pleasant
options.
I'm running daily automated builds using this, and installing updates on my
server monthly. If a daily build fails I get an email.
Documentation of the process of copying the /debian/ directory from the latest
Debian release to trunk is here:
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SyncDebianPackaging
The *only* difference between the Debian releases and my patches to trunk are
removal of a few Debian patches because they have already been applied to
trunk.
The work is done, clean, functional, maintained, and thoroughly documented.
Why not include it so others can take advantage of it if they ever have a
reason to?
Bugs where I updated the debian packaging:
Debian version 3.3.1-2, May 2011:
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6593
Debian version 3.3.2-1, August 2011:
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6647
Debian version 3.3.2-2, October 2011:
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6685
Some of the previous relevant conversation:
http://old.nabble.com/Updating-debian-build-directory--td31631485.html
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