server guide standalone package

Bhuvaneswaran bhuvan at ubuntu.com
Mon Feb 12 13:24:40 UTC 2007


On 2/12/07, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, February 12, 2007 12:09 pm, Bhuvaneswaran wrote:
> > On 2/12/07, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks for the work. However, I'd really rather the ubuntu-serverguide
> >> binary package be created from the same source package as ubuntu-docs,
> >> as
> >> per my original email.
> >
> > Ok. But this way we are not replicating any code. Moreover, I'm not
> > sure if we can have separate changelog, rules and install file when we
> > build from the source package. IMO, if we have different debian/
> > directory, it would be very clear and easy to maintain.
>
> I disagree - there is no need for us to include more debian directories in
> our repository - building out of the same source package will keep things
> tidy. It's not necessary to have a separate changelog, rules and install
> file. Having discussed this with Jordan and Fabio, I'm pretty sure this is
> the way to go.

If it is possible to build out of the same source package (pardon my
limited exposure about building debian packages) and separate
changelog, rules and install files are not necessary, I agree with
this too!
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Bhuvaneswaran
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