(please keep me in CC: since I'm not in the list)
I have submitted this bug and the maintainer argues against
packaging it in a Debian non-native version. Could you please guys point
me to where the policy states this explictly?
I was pretty sure policy had a paragraph regarding that software
*not written for Debian* should be package in a non-native way (diff
included) but I seem to find only vague references regarding native
and non-native packages in debain policy, not a clear description of
which is which....
Javi
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From: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: radiusd-freeradius: This package is not Debian native
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Package: radiusd-freeradius
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
This package does not provide a diff.gz file which means that it's
build as if it was a Debian native package when it really isn't. Please,
Chad use the tar.gz provided by freeradius, and use it as an orig.tar.gz
file.
The problem with not doing so is that, if sometime the maintainer
(you or other) needs to make a Debian-specific patch that might not be
distributed upstream for any reason (breaks something or is too
distribution specific) no one can be aware of the changes made to the
original package nor can reproduce it.
Regards
Javi
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux avalon 2.4.10 #1 sáb sep 29 19:13:19 CEST 2001 i686
unknown
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