Le Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 12:46:12PM +0200, Arno Töll a écrit : > > On 22.10.2011 03:36, Charles Plessy wrote: > > if as an upstream author you are not using tarballs, you can use the format > > ‘3.0 (native)’. It will make a source package where everything is included > > in > > a single tarball. > > that's not quite what native packages are for. Native packages should be > used only, when the package is specific to Debian.
Hello Arno, in practice, this distinction has never been enforced, to the point that it is not possible to tell if a package is specific to Debian just by checking its source package format. Ikiwiki and Sbackup are examples that come to mind. The format of a source package is just a commodity that can usually be changed easily. The only caveat I know is that if a package uses a ‘native’ source format and contains translation catalogs, it may receive updates for free… Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- 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/20111022110928.gk11...@merveille.plessy.net
