On Thu, 17 May 2012, Charles Plessy wrote: > It strikes me that while we have more than 6,500 source packages > managed with Git, we are pushing for a source package format that does > not work transparently with them.
It does, but not on all workflows. A very large number of DDs are using 3.0 (quilt) with git just fine. I don't exactly like quilt, in fact all my patch-based work is done using stgit, but: 1) it is much better than dpatch and other homebrew stuff. At least you know exactly what to expect, and it is the same in the entire distro. 2) properly used, it enforces neatness and lowers a damn great deal the barrier of entry (*and* reduces the risk of mistakes) for someone who needs to do quick maintenance, security updates, NMUs, when taking over the package, and even for automated extraction of changes to upstream code. > Also, it is very sad that, as a project, we can not decide whether we > go for 3.0 (git) or not, or have a concrete list of resolvable > objections from the people whose work is direclty impacted by the use > of this format. This is a _very_ dead horse. I'd appreciate if you'd kindly refrain from any further attempts at necromancy on this thread. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- 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/20120517003922.gb8...@khazad-dum.debian.net