>>>>> "Miriam" == Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Miriam> Hi, The author of one of the packages I was packaging for my own Miriam> use has asked me to be the maintainer of the debian's Miriam> package. The problem that I found is that in latest versions he Miriam> includes his own version of debian's directory inside the Miriam> original tar.gz file as you download it from the web. I have an upstream who did that -- he took my debian directory, and stuck it in his source tree, and he syncs once in a while. I just maintain as I normally do, and the diff file includes a diff of my debian directory against upstream's. The success of such an approach will depend on how much your upstream's debian directory differs from your own. In my own case, since my upstream uses my debian directory, it isn't very problematic; the diff usually just adds a few lines to the changelog, so it's a pretty clean diff. If your upstream absolutely insists on including a debian directory, you can ask that he uses your debian directory instead of using his own. Since he has asked you to be the Debian maintainer, I assume that shouldn't be much of a problem. Miriam> Quoting him: "The reason I added debian subdirectory is to Miriam> distribute it with the source files." You can then ask him why he needs/wants to distribute it with the source files. -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
