Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 01:19:58PM +, David Griffith wrote: > I think I've come up with what may be an ideal solution that lets me put the > debian/ directory in the upstream. Please let me know what you think. > > deb: > ifneq ($(and $(wildcard $(GIT_DIR)),$(shell which git)),) > git

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 04:57:09AM +, David Griffith wrote: > I'm trying to debianize Frotz 2.50 and put the debian/ directory into the > git repository. A complication is that the contents of a dist file differs > from what you get from a git clone. You need to decide whether your Debian ori

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread Thomas Dettbarn
Hello. I could not agree more. Wearing those two hats can be stressful sometimes. In an ideal world I would be only developing, and would not have to worry about the finer parts of each operating system I am targeting. Hence my two repositories: One for the project, one for the packages. This w

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread David Griffith
My reply is at the bottom. Please put your reply there too. On Sat, 11 Jan 2020, David Given wrote: I'd add that the recommended thing to do if you're trying to create a package for software you own is to blatantly wear two hats: with one hat you're the upstream author, and with the other hat y

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread David Given
I'd add that the recommended thing to do if you're trying to create a package for software you own is to blatantly wear two hats: with one hat you're the upstream author, and with the other hat you're the packager. Have two different repositories, don't add the debian/ directory to the upstream dis

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread David Griffith
My reply is at the bottom. Please put your reply there too. On Sat, 11 Jan 2020, Thomas Dettbarn wrote: David Griffith hat am 11. Januar 2020 um 05:57 geschrieben: I'm trying to debianize Frotz 2.50 and put the debian/ directory into the git repository. A complication is that the contents o

Re: debianization with files that change

2020-01-11 Thread Thomas Dettbarn
Hello David. The way into debian is a complicated one. There are a LOT of helper scripts out there, which have grown. Some of them are still useful, some are not. On top of that, the contents of the debian/ directory are plentiful, and not very well documented, if I may say so. My solution was t