reopen 344280
thanks
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 04:27:41AM +1030, Ron wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 03:27:59PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Package: wxwidgets2.6
> > Version: 2.6.1.2
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > wxwidgets2.6 was not "written specifically to be turned into a
> > Debian package".
> >
> > It should therefore be packaged as a non-native package
> > (.orig.tar.gz + .diff.gz + .dsc), and the versionnumber should
> > include a Debian revision.
>
> There is no diff.gz. I'm open to technical suggestions for
> how 'non-native' but wholly unmodified upstream source releases
> might be packaged better, but I WILL NOT include a zero length
> diff.gz for upload just to satisfy semantic nit-picking on what
> is and is not 'native'.
>...
You will never have a zero length .diff.gz simply because the .diff.gz
contains your modifications to the upstream sources _including_ your
debian/ subdir.
And with a .diff.gz it would e.g. be possible to see how dcclient.cpp
differs from the pristine upstream sources.
As a bonus, you wouldn't upload 15 MB to all mirrors for each change in
the packaging.
> Efforts to fix the underlying problem will be appreciated, but
> until the existence of a diff.gz and use of a 'debian revision'
> are less tightly linked together, the typically suggested 'cure'
> is not warranted by any natural problem in evidence.
Your current versioning implies there were _upstream_ versions
2.6.1.1.1 and 2.6.1.2, but there aren't.
> If the package is uploaded with a real diff.gz then it should
> have a debian version -- since it typically is not, the tools
> dictate it should not have one. That is the real bug, if any,
> here. I'm not sure who is interested in addressing it (this
> isn't new), but there is nothing 'broken' to 'fix' at this end
> that cannot be fixed more thoroughly and permanently in other
> places.
>...
It would be correct even if .diff.gz was empty, but as I explained above
your assumption your .diff.gz would be empty is wrong.
> Ron
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Adrian
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