Jonathan Nieder wrote: > For usability: I imagine what is typically needed is the set of Vcs-Git > fields somewhere conveniently machine-readable, so one could just go > > apt-get source --git whatever > > and get a checkout of its packaging repository.
... which is what debcheckout provides, though I didn’t know it. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli for writing it! > Selfishly, I guess if someone implements the 90% solution above, I > would stop caring so much about what source format the buildds use. > Others might be more principled, though. ;-) So indeed, I do not think git-based distributed source packages are worth worrying about yet. In those places where git.debian.org and co are not good enough, I suspect it would be a better use of time to try to improve connectivity. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100216215855.ga3...@progeny.tock
