On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 05:29:47PM +0100, Ali Mezgani wrote: > On 03/03/2022, at 17:27, Andrey Rahmatullin <w...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 04:30:35PM +0100, Albert van der Horst wrote: > >> Dear mentors, > >> I plan to publish (at least) 4 Debian packages. > >> > >> The format is ideal for my users to install, and the .deb format > >> takes care of installing .info files at the right place, > >> something I find impossible to do. > >> > >> Is it frowned upon by the Debian community to use the .deb format > >> to publish these packages? > > No, you may do anything you want. > > > >> (And what are the sanctions?) > > Huh?
Yeah, I had also a hard time with understanding the by the way question. I allow myself to read / to understand the original question as: May I publish software in the Debian packaging format outside Debian? > There are no sanction as well as sanctions of community. Please be aware of trademarks and reputation. Groeten Geert Stappers DD -- Silence is hard to parse