debian/rules and *.spec files already exist

[Barry deFreese]

Dan Roberts wrote:
> I've been wanting to package Code::Blocks in time for fiesty, I'm
> currently talking to the devs about this.  As it turns out their SVN
> repository actually houses more stable code than their last stable
> release (there's been a substantial rewrite).  However, regardless of
> any of that, their source tree contains information needed to create
> binary packages for several package managers, including deb and rpm.  So
> my question is, for the *.orig.tgz should i remove these files?
>
> Additionally, their source tree contains 4 or 5 very distinct pieces of
> functionality, including a SDK, am I "allowed" to chop it up to form a
> codeblocks package and a codeblocks-dev and whatever else I see fit? Or
> should i create multiple packages from the original source tree?
>
> Thanks,
> -Dan
>   
In the short term I would say yes.  In the long term I would ask them to 
remove the package manager directories from their 'make dist' target.

I would also say yes to chopping it into several packages (at least 
binary packages).

Of course, I'm the group moron. :)

Thanks,

Barry deFreese (aka bddebian)