> I had this discussion with another sponsee (I'm a tiny bit active also > in Debian Edu and wanted to sponsor one package there - the discussion > was on the debian-mentors list[1] because Debian Edu does not really > have a packaging team). The principle is simple: At first you download > an upstream tarball (usually of the latest upstream release - and you > told us here that there is such a release). This will be renamed to > > <packagename>_<version>.orig.tar.gz > > This archive will be untarred and than you create the debian/ directory > inside the root of the untarred files. Please have a look at dh_make > which creates quite reasonable templates - most of them are not really > used in your case. What we maintain in Debian is only the debian/ dir > including the patches which might be necessary (or not) to change the > upstream tarball. I think it becomes clear if you check out some > examples of Debian Med SVN.
Let me tell you that even if some of the "policies" Debian uses seem tedious or require a bit of work and dedication to get right initially they are the base of why Debian can deliver a large and reliable distribution. Its well worth following the guidelines even if they may sometimes feel a bit strict. (I, for example, have eventually accepted that Debian will always want me to provide man pages for all "binaries", that is, things that go in /usr/(s)bin/ ;-) Karsten -- GMX DSL Doppel-Flat ab 19,99 Euro/mtl.! Jetzt mit gratis Handy-Flat! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
