Re: [Monotone-devel] monotone-viz for Debian

[Shaun Jackman]

On 4/13/06, Matthew A. Nicholson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Shaun Jackman wrote:
> >> Shaun Jackman wrote:
> >>> I have packaged monotone-viz for Debian. It should make its way into
> >>> the Debian archives shortly. Enjoy!
> >
> > On 4/12/06, Matthew A. Nicholson <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> Is this going to get included in the net.venge.monotone-viz tree?
> >
> > I hadn't planned on it. In the past, I've tried keeping Debian
> > packaging information in the upstream author's revision control
> > system, but I've found I'm terrible at making a change and uploading
> > it to the Debian server, but forgetting to push the changes to the
> > upstream author's RCS. So, the one true source for the Debian package
> > is here:
> >
> > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/monotone-viz
> > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/monotone-viz/
>
> Hmm... I have found packages maintained upstream are better than
> packages that are not.  One reason is the source I get from apt-get
> source is the same as the source I get from upstream.  This is not an
> issue with monotone-viz though.

The .orig.tar.gz is the exact source that the upstream author
distributes. The .diff.gz includes the Debian packaging information.
If any patches to the upstream source are required, I'll push the
patch upstream through the mailing list.

Cheers,
Shaun