On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:16:28PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > FWIW, I think NMUing a package shouldn't end up with a sourceful upload > > but should instead have a .diff.gz, whether it's a native package or not. > > 100% agreed. (Assuming you mean a NMU should never, ever, create a new > tarball, particularly applying to native packages.)
For non-native packages, however, wouldn't it make sense to package a new upstream release as NMU if it fixes a set of RC bugs, say, rather than backporting the fixes (a tad) clumsily? (I may be missing something in what you were intending to say, so I apologise for that.) Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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