On 2019-05-07, Ansgar <ans...@debian.org> wrote: > The concept behind 3.0 (quilt) is much easier to explain: extract > tarballs, optionally apply some patches provided. With the bonus that > users who have used other distributions before might already know about > most of this which lowers barrier of entry. Implementation details > like constructing a .dsc are indeed messy.
I currently work with some yocto guys trying to get some of their recipes adapted to better multilib support. I've been pointing to debian/rules and debian/patches/* as places to find inspiration for "weird things". The fact that the packages in question have been in 3.0 (quilt) with either a only-debian repository or full upstream source have been very easy to glance over. So from an external-ish PoV, current state of things is very nice. But of course, it is not our primary customers. But probably our secondary ones. /Sune