* martin f krafft [Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:07:28 +0100]: > also sprach David Futcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.10.30.1044 +0100]: > > This is mainly an ease of use/usability thing. Ubuntu is trying to > > move to using bzr (and only bzr) for managing packages. Part of > > our freeze exception process requires a diffstat of the patch, so > > the idea was to make creating diffstats from bzr branches as easy > > (and as integrated) as possible.
> Doesn't bzr have aliases? Wouldn't it be better to recommend > patchutils and use its diffstat with a pipe? I don't think bzr has support for shelling out in aliases, a-la-git. > Part of the packaging process is to make those decisions, even if > others disagree. I am by no means an authority, but I do think that > this could be solved in a more Unix-y fashion. I hope you'll find > some time to consider it and make the right decision. I think packaging involves some similar decicions, in particular one should try to avoid packaging crap. As for non Unix-y stuff, it should be up to packages who care, IMHO. :-) Cheers, -- Adeodato Simó dato at net.com.org.es Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org Listening to: Pasión Vega - La canción del pirata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]