On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 04:34:29PM -0700, Sam Powers wrote: > Is it a good idea to keep a debian directory upstream? I have CVS access, > so I think it'd make it easier for me, and also for others who want to > build custom debs, if the debian files were in CVS.
> If anyone who's gone this route before has any tips, I'd appreciate > hearing from them. If you treat the package as a native package, this ties your hands and the hands of your upstream, because Debian-specific changes must then be tied to upstream releases. If you don't treat the package as a native package, having a debian directory upstream can be high maintenance, because every time your changes to this directory are incorporated upstream, you have to rework your Debian diff.gz to account for this. I generally think having debian/ upstream is more trouble than it's worth. The one package I work on that carries a debian/ directory upstream puts it elsewhere, where it doesn't conflict with official Debian work. Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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