-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On 23 Oct 1997, Jim Pick wrote:
> Santiago Vila Doncel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So we have to make a new package for *every* source package? > > We already do, when you run dpkg-source --build, it makes a .orig.tar.gz > file, a .diff.gz file, and a .dsc file. For well behaved sources, the .orig.tar.gz file is the upstream package-version.tar.gz file just renamed to package_version.orig.tar.gz Personally, when I create a package, the .orig.tar.gz comes first. I never let dpkg-source to create a new .orig.tar.gz file. At least for me this is double work. > > Now that dpkg-source is able to manage untouched pristine source when > > it is well-behaved, this is a step backwards. > > Why backwards? Maybe a horizontal step. Actually, I think it's a bit > better, since you can have multiple pristine sources, you don't have > to rename them, and there is a logical place to store additional > information about them (such as where they came from). Plus a > single upstream source package can be easily shared amongst several > debian packages. We could share source files between Debian packages if we just modify the format of the .dsc file a little bit, allowing "Source-Require-Orig:" and such. I still don't see the need of a complete redesign and reimplementation of the source packaging system and its underlying philosophy. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNE+rfCqK7IlOjMLFAQEJjgP+LrWBe4qBdYu2eXn9chKQE4A9D+FqPQUn XCbQt35Bd7qfi4GllNg+wZTMYuJL873C5K3u9a24e203b8qhnSTYHibDYJfjGa8Q +CzdoM8DMrSOj33TrSRdt9L9Ot3SDq8grvIynXnfvKiNXsZzGRvi3bwPs2p1nz6V w4q1iHMCjSo= =hVKb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
