[Xmpppy-devel] Re: status?

[Alexey N. <sn...@pe...>]

=F7 =D3=CF=CF=C2=DD=C5=CE=C9=C9 =CF=D4 11 =ED=C1=CA 2004 10:57 Cosimo Alfar=
ano =CE=C1=D0=C9=D3=C1=CC(a):
> On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 08:16:12AM +0400, Alexey Nezhdanov wrote:
> > packaging errors you will send me a notice about it and let me make such
> > changes myself.
> > In the same time I have thought that .orig.tar.gz file is always matches
> > original file that was uploaded to the product's download page. And that
> > the .diff.gz file reflects the changes that Debian developer made to
> > _tarball_ - not the source code only.
> > And the any person can compare md5's of both tarballs and be sure that
> > they matches.
> > So since you have changed original tarball - there is no point to
> > keep .orig.tar.gz and .diff.gz files as separate ones - there is no any
> > original files anymore only modifyed ones IMHO.
>
> Actually orig is not the original upstream's tarball everytime, some
> packages has orig containing the tarball (ie no md5 issues)
>
> Anyway, this is a minor point. When it will uploaded, we can modify it
> every time we need.
>
> > In the ideal I'd like to make the debian uploads with two core
> > files: .orig.tar.gz and .dsc - i.e. without .diff.gz file.
> > If such behaivoir is violation of Debian uploads policy please inform m=
e.
>
> packages without targz are "debian native", ie packages written by
> debian for debian. I'd prefer to have a diff file.
>
> It's OK to have all the stuff in CVS, but a difffile should be present.
>
> 	c.
Ok. So we can now relax a little and continue our work.

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Respectfully
Alexey Nezhdanov