On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:42 AM, Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi Gregory, > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 04:10:29PM -0800, Gregory Sharp wrote: > > >The source tarball should not contain the Debian revision number. The > > >"-1" in the end is the Debian package version which will be increased > > >if there would be a need to change the packaging. > > > > > >> Should I just rename the .tar.gz file and go about my business? > > > > > >Yes, definitely. The name should be > > > > > > plastimatch_1.5.15+dfsg.orig.tar.gz > > > > > > Definitely I was misunderstanding this. Now I understand and > > > > my problem was easily resolved. > > > > > > But I still have a kind of philosophical question. > > > > With change of Debian revision number, couldn't the content of source > > tarball change? > > No. If the content of the source tarball changes it is per definition a > new upstream tarball and usually you will start with Debian revision > number 1 again. > > > For example removing an additional file from upstream. > > Then you would have different Debian versions, with different > > source tarballs, but the same filename > If you have to repackage upstreams tarball again, e.g. removing a pdf file, then just change the dfsg part to "dfsg0", "dfsg1", etc.. So you will end up with something like plastimatch_1.5.15+dfsg1.orig.tar.gz -Dominique
