Comment 1 for bug 229136

Iain: what you're proposing is to overwrite completely the Ubuntu package.

1. daniel@bert:~/1$ diff -ruN extremetuxracer-0.4/ debian/extremetuxracer-0.4/ | diffstat
 debian/changelog | 6
 debian/control | 72 +
 debian/copyright | 75 -
 debian/etracer.6 | 44
 debian/etracer.desktop | 12
 debian/etracer.xpm | 481 ++++++++++
 debian/extremetuxracer-data.install | 1
 debian/extremetuxracer-gimp-dev.install | 2
 debian/extremetuxracer.6.de.sgml | 131 ++
 debian/extremetuxracer.6.sgml | 185 +++
 debian/extremetuxracer.desktop | 17
 debian/extremetuxracer.install | 3
 debian/extremetuxracer.manpages | 1
 debian/extremetuxracer.menu | 13
 debian/icons/etracer-16.xpm | 185 ---
 debian/icons/etracer-48.xpm | 308 ------
 debian/icons/etracer.xpm | 245 -----
 debian/patches/01_fix_tcl_header_location.patch | 11
 debian/patches/10_norwegian_translation.diff | 21
 debian/patches/20_german_translation.diff | 122 ++
 debian/patches/30_G++4.1-fix.diff | 19
 debian/patches/40_fix_keyboard_config.diff | 167 +++
 debian/patches/fix_cups_cheat.diff | 14
 debian/patches/fix_segfault_in_race_select_menu.diff | 21
 debian/patches/series | 4
 debian/planetpenguin-racer-dbg/usr/share/doc/planetpenguin-racer-dbg/changelog | 421 ++++++++
 debian/planetpenguin-racer-dbg/usr/share/doc/planetpenguin-racer-dbg/changelog.Debian | 5
 debian/planetpenguin-racer-dbg/usr/share/doc/planetpenguin-racer-dbg/copyright | 46
 debian/rules | 136 ++
 debian/watch | 3
 etracer.6 | 50 +
 etracer.de.6 | 33
 32 files changed, 1959 insertions(+), 895 deletions(-)
daniel@bert:~/1$

So we're basically throwing away a lot of work without considering on a line-by-line basis.

2. Guillaume Martres is listed as maintainer for the Ubuntu package. It makes a lot of sense to get his input before overwriting his work.