Upstream source (was: Re: cyrus-imap SVN access OK)

[Sven Mueller]

Farzad FARID wrote on 29/09/2006 14:28:
[Farzad wrote this in private mail, but I think this should be discussed
among all of us. He reported that his branch didn't want to recompile
after a "debian/rules clean" and I said it was a bug if that didn't work
and that we usually use svn-buildpackage - which, unfortunately, hides
this sort of bug. He replied:]

> If my first working copy didn't like the clean target, it may be because
> I included too many "deletable" files in my *.orig.tar.gz packaging. I
> suspect they are still there in the subversion copy of the tar.gz.

Farzad, I'm not sure wether I understand you correctly. Does that mean
that you re-packaged the .orig.tar.gz? If so: You shouldn't do this,
strictly speaking. If possible, the .orig.tar.gz should really be
identical (at least in content) to the source archive provided by
upstream. If that doesn't work out for you, please ask for help on the
list. I initially also repackaged the upstream source, removing all
auto-generated file from it, but eventually, that made package
maintenanve a lot harder when a new upstream version appeared which
included additional files (or deleted previously existing ones), since
you had to re-do all the re-packaging work essentially.

cu,
Sven
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