On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 08:16:07PM +0100, Leo costela Antunes wrote: > >>> Sorry, but I disagree with this interpretation. For me a Debian native > >>> package is a package which contains the official debian packaging stuff > >>> in the upstream tarball. Since I'm also upstream for gdome2-xslt and the > >>> software has been used historically always as a Debian package, to me > >>> that is a native Debian package. > > I couldn't find any better and more direct references, but according to > [0] and [1] your interpretation is wrong.
I was aware of [0] and I was (and still am) convinced that it is not so clear about the topic. The "definition" of native packages there is inside an "i.e." parenthesis which says: ``packages which have been written especially for Debian''. Well, gdome2-xslt has been written especially for Debian, since its original target deployment were only Debian machines (though it has the ordinary configure/make stuff and can be deployed elsewhere by simply ignoring the debian/ dir). I was not aware of [1], which is indeed more precise about the topic. But personally I do not often read the maintainer guide and, assuming that is the intended meaning of native debian package, then I want that meaning to be integrated in the policy. Besides, according to [2] (still in the policy), my interpretation is not so wrong. Quoting from the "debian_revision" paragraph: > This format represents the case where a piece of software was written > specifically to be turned into a Debian package, and so there is only > one "debianisation" of it and therefore no revision indication is > required. I consider gdome2-xslt as perfectly fitting in this category. Note how this interpretation does not rule out other distribution, nor make any assumption about whether the package is meaningful outside Debian or not. Wrapping up, I can't care less whether gdome2-xslt is Debian native or not, and I would happy to convert it to a non-native Debian package. Still, and before doing so, I want to have a clear and agreed upon interpretation of what is a Debian native package, which is *reflected* in our authoritative documents. Cheers. [0] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s3.2.1 [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-update.en.html#s-orig-tar [2] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ............... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ? /\ All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema \/ right keys at the right time
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