Hi Simon, On 24-04-15 09:26, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Hi. I'm preparing my first backport and couldn't find any information > on what the best work flow for a Debian package that uses git, > git-buildpackage, pristine-tar and so on. Are there any pointers here? > > Should I create a separate branch, pulling in things from 'master' once > that version has hit testing, update the changelog and maybe modify > gbp.conf to point at the backport branch, and then build and upload? > Is anyone working with backports this way? Any other pitfalls? If a package doesn't need changes, I don't bother with creating a branch. I just dch --bpo && pdebuild (I use pbuilder). Paul
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