  Creating a debian package for a port, from a modified existing
Debian package  Hey mentors,  I'm working on a Debian port to
Cygwin called Debian GNU/kCygwin. I'm constantly taking an
important Debian package like cdbs or graphviz from sid, then
try to get it to build and work on Cygwin. For this, I have had
to modify a lot of build instructions and some sources. Now, I
have two questions:  1. When I modify source, I should bump the
version number, i.e. add "cygwin1" at the end of the version
set? And, am I right to assume that this all happens
automatically when I add an entry to debian/changelog?  2. When
I only modify build instructions (debian/rules or Makefile.in or
so), should I also bump the version number? What about when
these modifications do, or do not, change the actual working of
the package compared to sid?  3. Should I put my (source and
build) patches in debian/patches? If so, is there policy on the
naming, e.g. 100_cygwin_buildfix or so? What if there is no
debian/patches directory? (does t