Bug#706786: git: please use source format 3.0 (quilt)

2013-05-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
tags 706786 + pending quit Gerrit Pape wrote: > since I'm quite inactive these days anyway, I think go ahead with nearly > all suggestions you have. You have my trust. If possible, I'd still > like to see the general packaging, patch and build process unchanged > (i.e. not switching to debhelpe

Bug#706786: git: please use source format 3.0 (quilt)

2013-05-07 Thread Gerrit Pape
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 03:21:43PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > When adding debian/README.source, I wanted to make a symlink, but > the traditional source package format represents the debian/ directory > with a unified diff so it wasn't possible. > > How about this patch? Hi Jonathan, since

Bug#706786: git: please use source format 3.0 (quilt)

2013-05-04 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Source: git Version: 1:1.8.3~rc1-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, When adding debian/README.source, I wanted to make a symlink, but the traditional source package format represents the debian/ directory with a unified diff so it wasn't possible. How about this patch? * Source format 3.0 (q