On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 07:14:31PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > At some point, we will need to find a way to decide which v3 format we > > are going to choose in adddition to the v3 (native) format (with a GR?). > > We can't afford to allow several different v3 formats to coexist. > > The entire point of having support for multiple source formats in > dpkg-source, and allowing it to extract any of those formats, and build > a source package using any of those formats, is to allow multiple > formats to be used. > > What you're suggesting is equivilant to us deciding by GR which helper > system can be used in the rules file. It would stifle any futher > innovation in source formats. That's a particularly cruel thing to do > when such innovation is just getting started after an interminable > period of stasis.
If we're to say that we need a format such that external entities can easily parse it, that will need to be a standardized format, and an unique one. And despite what you'd like, I don't think this is git. Mike PS: Also note that the git format shouldn't even be 3.0, seeing how it's half-baked. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]