On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 01:46:55 -0000 (-0000), Vic wrote:
> That's a shane; I've got used to SRPMs, where you get a single file
> download consisting of pristine tarball, patch file, and build rules.
> SRPMs do seem the superior option here - particularly in light of them not
> requiring a rename of the pristine tarball...
I prefer keeping the upstream tarball seperate, however I do like the
way that a SRPM separates patches.
> I think I'm about to take an executive decision of not publishing debian
> source packages; I'm not convinced I can build a source package that
> mirrors the binary I can create from the RPM.
It's pretty easy for most packages really, feel free to grab me on
Saturday.
Adrian
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