Thanks for the remove of the debian-dir.
 
I setup a daily build for ubuntu natty now (for maverick and lucid i don't know how to do because of unmet dependency for libsynthesis). 
The git-source will be synced to launchpad (i think daily) and then a debian package will be created with the source and the package will be available in a ppa.

PPA: https://launchpad.net/~toabctl/+archive/syncevo
Daily build: https://code.launchpad.net/~toabctl/+recipe/syncevolution.recipe
automatically cynced source in launchpad: https://launchpad.net/syncevolution

Cheers,

Tom




2011/1/7 Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
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?
> >
> > 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.

Okay, done:

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.


>  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.

That reminds me: do you publish your git repo somewhere? It would make
sense to merge back your changes into the main repo at least once in a
while.

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