[pkg-wpa-devel] r982 - in /wpasupplicant/trunk: debian/ debian/ifupdown/ src/common/ wpa_supplicant/ wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/

[Reinhard Tartler]

Kel Modderman <kel at otaku42.de> writes:

> On Tuesday 08 January 2008 02:20:29 Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> kelmo-guest at users.alioth.debian.org writes:
>> > Author: kelmo-guest
>> > Date: Wed Jan  2 11:50:31 2008
>> > New Revision: 982
>> >
>> > URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-wpa/?sc=1&rev=982
>> > Log:
>> > * New upstream release.
>> >
>> > Added:
>> >     wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_background.8
>> >       - copied unchanged from r981,
>> > wpasupplicant/branches/upstream/current/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_ba
>> >ckground.8 wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_cli.8
>> >       - copied unchanged from r981,
>> > wpasupplicant/branches/upstream/current/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_cl
>> >i.8 wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_gui.8
>> >       - copied unchanged from r981,
>> > wpasupplicant/branches/upstream/current/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_gu
>> >i.8 wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_passphrase.8 -
>> > copied unchanged from r981,
>> > wpasupplicant/branches/upstream/current/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_pa
>> >ssphrase.8 wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_priv.8
>> >       - copied unchanged from r981,
>> > wpasupplicant/branches/upstream/current/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_pr
>> >iv.8 wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_supplicant.8 -
>> > copied unchanged from r981,
>> > wpasupplicant/branches/upstream/current/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_su
>> >pplicant.8
>> > wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_supplicant.conf.5 -
>>
>> This is a very large commit that makes reviewing it rather hard. Please
>> consider splitting such commits into smaller ones.
>
> You want me to commit new upstream releases in pieces? I think you 
> misunderstood the reason for the commit.

>> > copied unchanged from r981,
>> > wpasupplicant/branches/upstream/current/wpa_supplicant/doc/docbook/wpa_su
>> >pplicant.conf.5 Modified:

These files are certainly not part of the new upstrema release:

>> >     wpasupplicant/trunk/debian/changelog
>> >     wpasupplicant/trunk/debian/control
>> >     wpasupplicant/trunk/debian/ifupdown/functions.sh
>> >     wpasupplicant/trunk/debian/rules

But these are:

>> >     wpasupplicant/trunk/src/common/version.h
>> >     wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/ChangeLog
>> >     wpasupplicant/trunk/wpa_supplicant/nmake.mak

>>
>> I notice that the manpages are no longer beeing built but pregenerated
>> manpages have been added. May I ask for the reason? Do the generated
>> ones differ from the precompiled ones?
>
> See debian/README.Debian-Source for the reasoning. I've also started some work 
> in debian/patches to send upstream. On top of that I plan to embed some 
> debian specific tips into the manual pages.

Ah, I see. Wouldn't it be less maintenance work (and easier for upstream
to merge) if the debian specific parts would be placed in a seperate
manpage?

-- 
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4