Re: RFS: arename
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 07:20:50PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> 1) Your diff.gz modifies files outside debian/. Some sponsors will
> require you to use a patch system like dpatch or quilt, so it might
> be easier to find a sponsor if you used a patch system.
Quoting myself:
> I also heard doing direct patches to the upstream source is not liked
> and one should use quilt or dpatch. I think using Git for this task is
> enough to keep track of the changes and also way easier. Advocates of
> Git-based packaging (for example, Joey Hess) seem to do it this way.
> As far as I can see your package is perl-only, so
> 2) Why do you dh_strip?
Useless indeed, fixed that.
> 3) Why is your package Architecture: all instead of any?
Because 'all' is the right one for architecture-independent packages like Perl
appliactions. See
<http://www.us.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Architecture>
'any' would build a package for each architecture.
Greetings,
Maximilian Gaß
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