-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marcus Better wrote: > Robert Schuster wrote: >> first: I think this discussion fits better on the debian-java list. :) > > Why? It's about specific policies listed on the pkg-java web pages.
pkg-java-maintainers is for the bug reports, not for the discussions. We have to comment that on the website. >> As far as I understood it you should do the 'repackaging' programmatically. >> Put >> every needed operation to make the upstream sources suitable in the clean:: >> rule. > > This is the first time I came across this solution. Actually it sounds > wrong to me. The problem is that the upstream tarball contains parts > that are not redistributable or not DFSG-free in the first place. > Clearly the orig tarball has to be repacked manually. (I maintain other > packages where this is the case.) If the package contains nonfree documents/code, you have to rebuild the original tarball without them. > Can you give me an example of a package that uses this method? I don't know. But comment the rework of the original tarball in debian/README.Debian >>> Also, I really dislike using dpatch/quilt in conjunction with SVN > >> The dpatch/quilt/simple-patchsys thingie is part of the debian build system >> I think. > > No, there is nothing special about these patch systems. They are just > utilities that developers can use, or not. I use simple-patchsys, it's really easy. Cheers, - -- .''`. : :' :rnaud `. `' `- Java Trap: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE6bRo4vzFZu62tMIRAtNJAJ4lH42p7vYJ4+/lOm09sybYvBZCAACgrINS T+HKk4ZiZT7EqF0vpaFaMo8= =XSAC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
