Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [Ethereal-cvs] rev 15336: /trunk/debian/: ethereal-root.d

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From: "W. Borgert" <debacle@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:52:37 +0000
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 12:29:10AM +0200, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> I'd propose not to change anything inside the debian/ directory. I've updated
> this stuff from the debian packages because I wanted a comfortable way to
> look at their patches ;) but the development of the debian packages is
> probably not done inside the Ethereal source tree - especially as the debian
> maintainer doesn't have svn commit permissions to the Ethereal repository.
> As the debian package seems to be well maintained I don't see any need to

Yes, IMHO Frederic does a amazingly good job.  I can't speak for
him, but in most cases the Debian maintainers prefer not to have
a debian/ directory in the upstream source.  It's easier just to
add the directory than having to look for changes there.

Cheers,
-- 
W. Borgert <debacle@xxxxxxxxxx>, http://people.debian.org/~debacle/