On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 01:21:16PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > How about changing the tarball name if the source has been modified by > debian. > > The name .orig.tar.gz does tend to indicate its the original source > rather than the debian modified source. > > Perhaps tarballs that arent the original source should remove the .orig > and just use .tar.gz, or use some other extension such as > debian.tar.gz
The current practice seems to effectively change either the name of the source package or the version, The orig extension is retained since it just indicate that there is a .diff.gz file. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here.
