Re: Misc developer news (#21)
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:51:11 +0100, Raphael Hertzog
<hertzog@debian.org> wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Feb 2010, Marc Haber wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:08:16PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>> > * More than 1000 source packages[4] are already using the new source
>> > formats "3.0 (quilt)" and "3.0 (native)". Have you updated your own
>> > packages already?
>>
>> Why should I?
>
>http://wiki.debian.org/Projects/DebSrc3.0#WhyshouldIconvertmypackageto3.0.28quilt.29format.3F
I don't see any valid reason to convert packages which already use a
patch system such as dpatch to the new thing. Debian is in dire need
of manpower taking care of our core infrastructure, converting
dpatch-based packages to quilt is a total waste of manpower.
Greetings
Marc
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