Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Hello, Hi
> as announced earlier during the lenny dev cycle, I would like to switch to > the new source package formats ("3.0 (quilt)" and "3.0 (native)") during > the squeeze cycle so that we can benefit from the numerous improvements. > For this kind of important change, it's best to start early in the release > cycle. What are the benefits of switching every package to the new formats? > Lenny's dpkg has all the support for the new source formats so in theory > we can start using new formats in squeeze except that dak doesn't support > them. After discussions with ftpmaster, and given their workload, I prepared > a set of patches (http://lists.debian.org/debian-dak/2009/03/msg00009.html). > I hope that Joerg will have time to review and test them soon. And > hopefully, they will quickly be in a state where they can be merged and > deployed on ftp-master.d.o. The associated bug report is > http://bugs.debian.org/457345 Right, it's a good idea to test it early in the release cycle and gradually. > My goal is not only to accept them on ftp-master but also to update > dpkg-source to build new source package automatically. That's why I > rebuilt the archives to see what packages would not build with the > new format (without fixes). The failures are tracked here: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=hert...@debian.org;tag=3.0-quilt-by-default Did you also test if they produce the same content? Cheers Luk PS: There is no call for Release Goal proposals yet, though I think it would be a good idea to have a wiki page which all the info prepared already. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org