On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 08:07:25PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Hi Bill, hi all, > > I'd like to come back to one point of your mail: > > Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you have a whole directory of binary files, you might consider > > making a new source package for them. (For example a Debian theme > > for a program). > > I guess you really wanted to say "making a new, repackaged tar.gz file > for them".
No I didn't, I really meant a new Debian source package! > But wouldn't it be the cleaner approach, at least if it is > technically possible, to literally follow what you wrote: Create a > new (Debian native) source package for the theme, the binary package of > which can be either installed at runtime to change the appearance of the > program, or used as a build-dependency? Of course. It is cleaner to make a new source package than to force data in a source package that do not belong there. Also you will not need to rebuild one when only the other changes. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here.
