Mark Roach: > These are native packages i.e. The debian packaging info is part of > the upstream tarball (I am the author). It is my understanding that > since there is no difference between upstream and packaged versions > no diff is necessary... isn't this right?
When I've released upstream software and Debian versions at the same time, and where Debian wasn't the primary "platform", I have included the debian subdirectory in the upstream tarball, but I have created it as a regular Debian package, meaning that -1 got an empty diff. When I subsequently released a -2, still from the upstream CVS, I did generate a diff, relative to the -1 release. That diff was then quite small (only the -2 release in the changelog file, plus the minor fixes to other files). In the upstream CVS, I have the debian subdirectory on a separate branch, so that if the main author releases a tarball, it will be released without the debian subdirectory, and I can then create a tarball as usual. I've found that this works quite well. (The package in question is "jwhois", in case you want to have a look) -- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ I do not read or respond to mail with HTML attachments. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
