Hello, Otto Kekäläinen [05/Jan 4:40pm -08] wrote: > What Sean did argumenting that using the new Git-Tag-Info by other > tools than tag2upload is explicitly forbidden by Debian Policy, > without sharing that he wrote that section himself and published a new > Policy version putting it into effect the very same day is in my > culture very impolite. My comment was to express that I feel that Ian > is doing similar tricks, [...]
These are serious allegations, Otto. Please do not throw them around so casually. >> > Debian is actually one of the few distros that is attempting to have >> > workflows based on importing upstream git repos. Debian currently has >> > two competing popular systems for doing this: git-buildpackage and >> > dgit. >> >> This statement reveals, even for a casual observer like me, such a >> fundamental misunderstanding that, in my opinion, it disqualifies you >> from this discussion. > > Which of the two points above you feel is not true and you would like > to have evidence on? The fact that Debian is one of the few in trying > to import full upstream git histories, or that dgit and > git-buildpackage are the main tools in Debian for it? > > I have been researching, documenting and enhancing packaging workflows > long enough that I think I understand them pretty well [...] Exactly as Nikolaus says, the fact that you think dgit is even attempting to compete with git-buildpackage demonstrates that you don't understand nearly as much as you think you do. -- Sean Whitton
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