Andrey Rahmatullin <w...@debian.org> writes: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 10:49:17AM +0000, Matthew Vernon wrote:
>> but even if it were, is that an entirely unreasonable position for a >> package maintainer (or team thereof) to take? > Probably not? Just yet another case where you need to learn a specific > workflow to modify or study a certain package, cannot use established > documentation for that, and are required to use specific non-default tools > for that. In practice, for NMU purposes, one can essentially follow dgit-nmu-simple(7) regardless of what workflow the package maintainer is using (and that is one of its great benefits). In a large and diverse project such as Debian there are always going to be multiple approaches - and that's a strength in general, though there are costs and trade-offs (such as the barrier for entry to new maintainers). [but I fear we are drifting off topic] Matthew -- "At least you know where you are with Microsoft." "True. I just wish I'd brought a paddle." http://www.debian.org