Stan Vasilyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a situation with a Debian package xdialog: > http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xdialog.html > > The upstream author, Thierry Godefroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, insists on keeping > the debian changes inside the upstream tarball, orig.tar.gz. This > complicates the development process. First of all, when he makes a > new version of xdialog, he sends it to the Debian maintainer (me). I > then have to make changes to the debian directory and send him the > changes. Finally, he releases the new upstream with Debian changes > already included.
Is the upstream using a VCS? (Version control software)? 1) If he is, can he grant you a direct write access. That would be the easiest. 2) Can he be persuaded into using distributed SCM[1]? That way both of you can synchronize at will Jari [1] http://bazaar-ng.org/ http://bazaar.canonical.com/IntroductionToBzr And excellent Python based, very easy use, 2nd generation distributed version control system is bazaar-ng. The simple workflow is: $ bzr init $ bzr add ... $ bzr ci -m "My chnages" ... $ bzr pull <from remote> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
