On 2019-08-28, Sam Hartman <hartm...@debian.org> wrote: > * I've heard at least one person claim that native format packages are > problematic for downstreams. > I'd like to better understand both the theoretical argument here and > to understand from downstreams whether it is an issue in practice. > > For downstreams where it is a problem, are you using a git or a > non-git workflow?
I've recently (professionally) been involved with a .. sidestream?. Where going into debian packages, rpm packages and others to fetch their fixes (as separate files) into a different environment (yocto). Having the ability to extract separate patches - with clear documentation - was so much simpler than trying to extract it from anywhere else. /Sune
