On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 10:23:15PM +0200, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > What are the documents & tools that I must read? The Debian New > Maintainers guide suppose that I debianize annother program. But I do > not want to patch my program (in the sense of making a patch file) but > to release the next version so that it will be debianisable.
> Guis does not use autoconf/automake. I really don't like these > programs, and hope to just stay with a plain GNUmakefile. > The step by step instructions assume an original .tar.gz file. But > this is not my situation: I am the [upstream] author of the package > and want to adapt it so that it is Debianized without patches! I found myself in a similar situation when I wanted to create a Debian package of my own software, (gnump3d - a streaming server for MP3's/OGG's). I think you'll have the most joy if you do what I did, start the packaging process with a .tar.gz file of your last release and work from there as if it really were made by somebody else. The plan will ultimately be for you to create a new Debian package for each new 'normal' release you make of your software, so this is a simple and practical approach to take. It also deals with you making updates purely to the Debian release. (For example I had to make several updates to my first Debian package to fix permissions problems I'd overlooked, and to make sure files went where the Debian policy suggested/mandated). Steve --- www.steve.org.uk
