Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 8190] Debian package doesn't build
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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:34:55 +0000

Comment # 3 on bug 8190 from 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Add Balint to CC List (Debian Maintainer)
> 
> but why kept the debian folder in trunk ? because it is at outdated compared
> to debian sources
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.8.2-2.
> debian.tar.gz (from debian sid : http://packages.debian.org/sid/wireshark )

I tried to bring this topic up here:
http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201106/msg00146.html

I think it is very hard to keep the /debian folder working on every release of
every dpkg-based distribution. IMO removing the /debian directory and letting
it be maintained only by distributions would be a good idea.

I plan providing backports for Debian stable and possibly some Ubuntu versions.
I also plan maintaining a patch for trunk, but i would like to move to Git
first.

There has been a bug opened, but there was no consensus about removing the
directory:
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3780

Without consensus I did not want to remove the directory.

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