On 7/23/19 7:55 PM, Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2019, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> 1- Mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser, meaning we do mandate using Git for >> packaging. > > I don't see how we can mandate git. What if I do *not* use any vcs at > all?
Then use one? > I don't see that mandating git has any reason besides the "appeal to > popularity", which at least in critical thinking circles is commonly > seen as fallacy. The idea is to be able to use unified tooling. Currently, we can't for example easily do a mass-commit on all packages. Or apply a new CI test to all packages. And that's even without considering the entry barrier for contributing to the Debian archive. In for example FreeBSD, it's a way more obvious how to contribute to /usr/ports. In Debian, it's not. >> 2- Mandating using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout for Git, as this >> seems to be the most popular layout, and that we need some kind of >> consistency. > > Again, this might be a good idea for a recommendation, but mandating > doesn't make sense. Same reason as above. >> 3- Mandating using Salsa as a Git repository. > > No comment on that from my side. I will not move there. Maybe you could at least consider moving away from Github, and switch to a platform based on free software? For example own gitlab instance. Or anything else. I'm really bothered by Github, like a few of us are. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
