From: aba <aba@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:39:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: repackaging needs to be documented in copyright; sharpen NMU version number for nativ... 
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e7be253d10c6be0241a9610a48f225482b8371d0;p=developers-reference.git

repackaging needs to be documented in copyright; sharpen NMU version number for native packages


git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@4659 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8e3557f..c4ed26d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
   * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
     Closes: #410159
   * Add link to removal wiki page. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #412757
+  * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
+    Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
+  * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
 
  -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
 
diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index a49858c..b116610 100644
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % dynamicdata  SYSTEM "dynamic.ent" > %dynamicdata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.327 $">
+  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.328 $">
 
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the original developer's reference in cvs-en-rev -->
@@ -3146,7 +3146,9 @@ work.  It also has the benefit of making it visually clear that a
 package in the archive was not made by the official maintainer.
 	  <p>
 If there is no <var>debian-revision</var> component in the version
-number then one should be created, starting at `0.1'.  If it is
+number then one should be created, starting at `0.1' (but in case
+of a debian native package still upload it as native package).
+If it is
 absolutely necessary for someone other than the usual maintainer to
 make a release based on a new upstream version then the person making
 the release should start with the <var>debian-revision</var> value
@@ -4984,11 +4986,9 @@ A repackaged .orig.tar.gz
             <item>
 <p>
 <strong>must</strong> contain detailed information how
-the repackaged source was obtained, and how this can be reproduced, in
-<file>README.Debian-source</file> or a similar file. This file should
-be in the <file>diff.gz</file> part of the Debian source package,
-usually in the <file>debian</file> directory, <em>not</em> in the
-repackaged <file>orig.tar.gz</file>. It is also a good idea to provide a
+the repackaged source was obtained, and how this can be reproduced
+in the <file>debian/copyright</file>.
+It is also a good idea to provide a
 <tt>get-orig-source</tt> target in your <file>debian/rules</file> file
 that repeats the process, as described in the Policy Manual, <url
 id="&url-debian-policy;ch-source.html#s-debianrules" name="Main