On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:16 AM,  <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
>> The whole point is that src contains clean upstream sources you can
>> download from wherever you document in SPKG.txt.
>
> OK. So what shall I do if most of the code is original, not from some
> "upstream"?

You *are* upstream.  You can put an hg repo in src if you want.  E.g.,
the Cython spkg has an  hg repo in src/.

> In src/, I have
> - mtx2.2.3/, comprising *modified* MeatAxe 2.2.3
> - a folder with C-code by David Green, old but not yet published
> elsewhere
> - a folder with my own Cython stuff.
>
> So, I guess SPKG.txt should provide this information, mtx2.2.3 should
> comprise the *un*modified MeatAxe sources, and patches/ should provide
> the changes that I made to the MeatAxe sources? What must I do in
> order to ensure that the modifications given in patches/ will be
> automatically applied to the original sources, when the package is
> installed?
>
> Best regards,
>    Simon
>
> >
>



-- 
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org

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