Re: question about copyright file
Stani writes: > So if I include the copyright file upstream, I need to know how to > change the packaging. Should that be done in debian/rules? That's one way of doing it. You might like to join ‘debian-mentors’ (but please, drop the top-posting habit) and ask about better ways of doing it that make use of the existing packaging tools. -- \ “Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the | `\ occurrence of the improbable.” —Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: question about copyright file
Hi Ben, Thanks for your answer. It is rather the opposite. I am the upstream author of Phatch, and less of a packager. I just now enough to maintain the existing package as it is, but not to do changes to the package. So if I include the copyright file upstream, I need to know how to change the packaging. Should that be done in debian/rules? Best regards, Stani On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Ben Finney > wrote: > Stani writes: > > > I'd like to include the copyright file in the source tarball of phatch. > > Right now it was only present in the debian svn papt repository. As I > feel > > that other linux distributions need this file as well, would it be > possible > > to that the installation scripts copies it from the source tarball into > the > > debian folder in such way that it can be removed from svn debian? > > Are you in communication with the upstream developers? You could > maintain a patch adding the file you want in the source package, present > that patch to upstream arguing your case for why it would be good to > include it, and remove the patch when it's incorporated upstream > > -- > \ “In case you haven't noticed, [the USA] are now almost as | > `\ feared and hated all over the world as the Nazis were.” —Kurt | > _o__) Vonnegut, 2004 | > Ben Finney > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- Phatch Photo Batch Processor - http://photobatch.stani.be SPE Python IDE - http://pythonide.stani.be
Re: question about copyright file
Stani writes: > I'd like to include the copyright file in the source tarball of phatch. > Right now it was only present in the debian svn papt repository. As I feel > that other linux distributions need this file as well, would it be possible > to that the installation scripts copies it from the source tarball into the > debian folder in such way that it can be removed from svn debian? Are you in communication with the upstream developers? You could maintain a patch adding the file you want in the source package, present that patch to upstream arguing your case for why it would be good to include it, and remove the patch when it's incorporated upstream -- \ “In case you haven't noticed, [the USA] are now almost as | `\ feared and hated all over the world as the Nazis were.” —Kurt | _o__) Vonnegut, 2004 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
question about copyright file
Hi, I'm working on a new version of Phatch. I'd like to include the copyright file in the source tarball of phatch. Right now it was only present in the debian svn papt repository. As I feel that other linux distributions need this file as well, would it be possible to that the installation scripts copies it from the source tarball into the debian folder in such way that it can be removed from svn debian? I prefer not to maintain two identical copies of the same file. Best regards, Stani
