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diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dadfd37 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +This Debian package uses the tar files upstream releases +and applies some patches on top. Those patches are already +applied in the Debian source package, so if you unpackaged +the Debian source package, you can just modify what you want +and build and ignore everything less. + +If you want to package a new upstream release: +---------------------------------------------- + +Just decide which patches from debian/patches you want to +apply and build the package. + + +If you want to build a package from git: +---------------------------------------- + +If you want to build from git, you might also want to apply +some of the patches. Additionally you either need to increase the +build dependencies (or ignore that your package has not enough) +or generate an .orig.tar file with all the needed files processes. +(This usually happens by calling make dist). |