Re: About using CDBS: Open discussion

[Barry deFreese <bdefreese@verizon.net>]

Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>   
> >  Just to mix things that are only slightly related again, I think this
> > approximately the same thing as the packages using dpatch instead of
> > quilt (there are some of them) -- although dpatch -> quilt can be done
> > quite easily in contrast to cdbs -> debhelper.
> >     
>
> Post-lenny cdbs simple-patchsys, dpatch and quilt can be replaced with
> dpkg-source v3 (quilt) format.
>
>   
I agree.  I would say if it's currently using CDBS leave it, otherwise 
let's transition to v3 after lenny.  I personally don't care much for 
CDBS except in the most simple of packages but my opinion probably isn't 
worth much. :)

Barry deFreese
Shiny New DD