Re: [Cracklib-devel] Getting Debian stuff upstream

[Mike F. <va...@ge...>]

On Tuesday 23 September 2008, Jan Dittberner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm the current maintainer of the Debian cracklib package [1]. The
> Debian package contains some extensions to the upstream sources that I
> think would benefit users of other distributions too. The changes are:
>
> - manual pages for the command line tools and the library function
> - docbook documentation (Debian package centric)
> - example code using cracklib
> - script for updating cracklib dictionaries
> - a cron job using this script
>
> I want your opinion which of these extensions should go to the upstream
> source repository. I think at least the example code and the manual
> pages should be included in upstream releases.

adding random things like cronjobs into a "contrib" directory for people to 
cherry pick would be fine i would think.  we certainly wouldnt want this 
cruft forced onto everyone by default though.
-mike