Re: Need to reach a decision on how to handle the git repository
Hi all,
It seems that the majority of people in the Team feel that option 2
(Store the whole source there, using pristine-tar, and use git at its
full power) is the most convenient one, even though it might have some
disadvantages too. I'll give it a couple of days more just to make
sure that everyone can speak, but I think there's quite a consensus in
this. Thanks for all the input received on this matter :)
As we will have different policies for SVN and git, it might make
sense to make a wiki document defining what is expected from a package
in each of them, and how that can be handled. In SVN whe had a policy
of debhelper+quilt+debian directory only. BTW, this allows the
possibility of adding copyright and license texts to patches (I don't
know how that would be handled in git, probably in the git log).
It is quite logical that we keep using debhelper only (no cdbs in git
either). Also the packages in git need not use any patch system
(quilt, dpatch) as git already takes care of that. I guess
pristine-tar should also be used. Could someone with some experience
in managing packages with git step forward and try to set the basic
guidelines about how we should better handle it to get the best
results, please? Maybe Andres or Cyril?
It's really nice that we reached a decision so soon, thanks! :)
Greetings,
Miry
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