Thanks for the remove of the debian-dir.
On Do, 2011-01-06 at 20:23 +0000, Ove Kaaven wrote:
> Den 06. jan. 2011 18:56, skrev Patrick Ohly:
> > On Do, 2011-01-06 at 17:42 +0000, toabctl wrote:
> >> Any reasons why the debian-dir should exist?Okay, done:
> >
> > Ove Kaaven is using it for the Maemo 5 port. As he is also contributing
> > code, so it makes sense to do change tracking of everything in one
> > place.
> >
> > But I suppose we could rename the dir to "debian-maemo5", with a
> > "debian" symlink set manually by Ove when needed. Ove, does that work?
>
> Actually I'd be fine with removing it from the upstream source.
commit b51e4072ef241c625264fcfd5ccb1282e9b65a65
Author: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
Date: Fri Jan 7 09:29:31 2011 +0100
packaging: removed obsolete "debian" directory
The reason for removing it is that it breaks the daily build in
Launchpad (see "[SyncEvolution] remove debian/ dir from source").
It wasn't used anymore except in Ove's branch for Maemo 5. Should the
files be needed again in git, then the directory should be renamed.
That reminds me: do you publish your git repo somewhere? It would make
> The
> debian/ dir used in the Maemo5 packages is modified quite a bit, and
> those changes were never (actively) merged back upstream (they're too
> platform-specific for that to make much sense). So it would not have any
> negative consequences for me - I've maintained my own debian/ in my own
> git so far, and I'd just continue to do so.
sense to merge back your changes into the main repo at least once in a
while.
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