[Scummvm-devel] dists/debian maintanance

[Grahame White]

On Saturday 04 February 2006 16:34, David Weinehall wrote:
> > Strong arguments, not really. Although, personally, I prefer to do it
> > this way as I'm used to it now having used this method for almost as
> > long as I've used Scummvm. Having a package also makes upgrades pretty
> > clean and easy on the whole.
> >
> > So basically if it stays then fine, if not I'll just have to adapt.
>
> Isn't the existing debian package in Unstable satisfactory?
>
> If not, sure I guess I can clean up the dists/debian thingie, but
> then I'll modify in a way that makes it obvious that the package is
> not in any way related to the official Debian packages.

It isn't that the official debian packages aren't satisfactory it's more 
that I prefer to use the latest cvs version available, especially when 
reporting bugs to make sure they aren't already fixed. As I said it's more 
a personal preference than a necessity and if it disappears then so be it.

Another reason I like being able to build a package is that if I really do 
want to play a game and it has problems then I can quickly install a 
previous package that works without too much effort and then once I want 
to help look out for bugs I can put the latest version back.

At the end of the day I'm only one person, if it'll make your job easier 
then do what you feel you really need to :)

Grahame