[cl-debian] [PATCH] Make S-XML a Debian native package

[Luca Capello]

Hi RalfD!

On Thu 31 Mar 2005 13:23 +0200, 
> Ok, this is RalfD from the cl-debian list,

Yep, I recognized your e-mail address ;-)

>> I'm using S-XML since I debianized it and it works with no
<cut>
>> Now, after some discussions in the Debian world about the differents
>> CL packages [1], I'm here to propose a patch that make S-XML a Debian
>> native package. The patch is simply the debian/ folder, which is
>> necessary and sufficient to build a Debian package.
>> 
>> Comments or suggestions?
>
> Well, as much as i really like lots of libraries being packed up for 
> Debianoid distros i wounder whether the debian/ stuff really belongs
> into the package source. After all, we probably should add gentoo-stuff
> rpm-specs, BSD portblabla as well, or?

Actually, having the debian/ stuff into the upstream package gives you
a lot of new possibilities: you can modify something in the sources
and then build your own package (without trying to debianize it) or
you can just grab the latest development version and, again, build
your own package from it. This is my feeling and the reason I'm
including a debian/ folder into the two projects I'm coding (which
aren't publicly available, yet).

However, I agree that it could be the same for Gentoo, RPM and so
on. But I'm a Debian user and I don't care about the others
distros. What I mean is that if only Debian users ask for inclusion of
Debian stuff, this is not the Debian users' fault ;-)

Obviously, when the upstream author(s) do(es)n't agree to have a
Debian native package, we continue packaging the software as usually.

> I somehow like the concept of a separate (physical as well as
> mental) "packaging" process.

I would say /me too, but having debian/ stuff in upstream sources
gives more advantages, so this concept is somehow kept in a drawer ;-)

BTW, I answered you directly to the cl-debian mailing-list, as I think
it's a general and useful discussion.

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
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