Hi, Otto Kekäläinen <o...@debian.org> writes:
> The topic seems related to Ian's drive to start using the 1.0 source > format again for new packages, like he did in xtruss, despite my > recommendation and ignoring the example of how the same can and should > be done with format 3.0 > (https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/-/issues/396). > > I suggest the changes in this Bug#1107137 would be postponed for now > and the format discussed at the next DebConf. I disagree - the TC ruled in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1007717#384 that (inter alia): 1. It is not a bug of any severity for a package with a non-native version number to use a native source package format. 4. We believe that there are indeed circumstances in which 1.0-with-diff is the best choice for a particular source package, including, but not limited to, git-first packaging workflows. However, we recommend discontinuing use of 1.0-with-diff in other circumstances, to simplify the contents of the archive. This is because there is currently no other source format which is such that avoid both (i) uploading the whole source, including upstream, for every upload; and (ii) having to maintain debian/patches/ inside the package tree. As Russ observed elsewhere, Policy needs to follow the TC ruling. This bug is not the place to re-argue that TC discussion. Regards, Matthew -- "At least you know where you are with Microsoft." "True. I just wish I'd brought a paddle." http://www.debian.org
