Bug#1007717: Draft resolution for "Native source package format with non-native version"

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Lucas Nussbaum writes ("Re: Bug#1007717: Draft resolution for "Native source package format with non-native version""):
> On 11/05/22 at 17:29 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > But I think that might not meet ftpmaster's review needs.  AIUI
> > ftpmaster like to review the diff qua diff, and a tarball isn't so
> > straightforward.  I had a similar idea to use an rsync batchfile as
> > the delta, which foundered on the same issue.
> 
> Note that it's not worse than using native formats, where ftpmasters get
> a single tarball anyway...

Indeed.  But I don't necessarily expect to be able to predict what
ftpmaster (or, for that matter, the dpkg maintainers) will like.

Thanks for exploring the design space!  What would be really good
would be to get agreement in principle from the key stakeholders...

Ian.

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