Re: Bug#128077: Please mention native source packages in maint-guide

2002-01-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 12:02:26AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > I've already discussed several times why this it is bad to package > programs as native packages although they aren't written specifically for > Debian. Consider e.g. the following examples: > - To fix a missing build dependency you ha

RE: Bug#128077: Please mention native source packages in maint-guide

2002-01-08 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Yves Arrouye wrote: > Thanks for the explanation. Well, ICU is definitely not developed > specifically for Debian, but since I am one of the upstream developers, I > found it convenient to have the debian/ directory in it, not just for me but > for anybody who would want to gra

Bug#128077: Please mention native source packages in maint-guide

2002-01-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
Package: maint-guide Severity: wishlist On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 02:45:17PM -0800, Yves Arrouye wrote: > > > > if test -d build -a build != source; then rm -f -r build; fi > > > dpkg-source -b icu > > > dpkg-source: warning: source directory `./icu' is not > > > - `icu-2.0' > > > dpkg-source: bu