Gabor Gombas wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 05:04:17PM +0100, Vincent Danjean wrote: > >> Gabor Gombas wrote: >> > You seem to make the mistake to think that the debian/ directory >> > provided by upstream is there to help the distro maintainer. >> [false assumptions] > > Huh? I, as a user, routinely use upstream-provided debian/ directory to > create packages for some software (most frequently mplayer). So those are > not assumptions but facts. > > And as a user, I can say that if e.g. the debian mplayer maintainer > considers the upstream-provided debian/ directory inconvenient, I > couldn't care less. If the upstream-provided packaging is not perfect or > does not fully follow Debian guidelines - I do not care, as long as it > _works_. >
You, as a user, are not the distro maintainer. The debian directory is usually some attempt at helping Debian _users_, not maintainers. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
