On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:41:00PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > What is Debian's policy, if upstream provides its own debian > > directory or package build procedure? Is upstream always right? > > There's no official policy, but generally speaking, you should use a > non-native package. The one exception to this is a case where every > Debian release will also entail a new upstream release.
Sounds reasonable > > You can also suggest to upstream that they include the debian > directory in a examples directory or similar, so that it doesn't get > in the way of packaging (or just not distribute it in the main package > at all.) Well I guess if they include an up-to-date debian directory they intend that it should be used so moving it away may not be feasable... > > > What if upstream's package sets conflict with Debian's packages, and > > I want to install upstream's packages? Is it the DM's responsibility > > to avoid this conflict or to preserve compatibility? Famous example > > for this would be the Linux kernel sources. > > It's the maintainer's responsibility to make sure the package in > Debian is the highest quality possible. Very good spoken words! > Generally this means working > with upstream so that the patches don't conflict, but sometimes > upstream has a different set of goals than a distribution packager, > and compromises and divergences need to exist. There's no hard and > fast rule here either, but the best thing is to communicate and work > with your upstream. Maybe you should talk with upstream about their intention for having a version of the debian directory? > > > Don Armstrong Harald Jenny > > -- > We cast this message into the cosmos. [...] We are trying to survive > our time so we may live into yours. We hope some day, having solved > the problems we face, to join a community of Galactic Civilizations. > This record represents our hope and our determination and our goodwill > in a vast and awesome universe. > -- Jimmy Carter on the Voyager Golden Record > > http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110318194100.gt29...@rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110318195010.gd3...@harald-has.a-little-linux-box.at
