Re: svn package maintenance

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

Hi,

> > SVN does not track merges across branches, unless you do it in the
> > changelog.
> 
> I know, it's a pain in the neck. But still it's a good step forward over
> CVS, and seems to be quite popular in Debian. I hope svn will improve in
> this area.

svn/cvs et cetera are quite linear; dpatch and quilt and other tools
are quite good in maintaining patches.  It's especially helpful when
Forward-porting patches against new upstream.


regards,
	junichi
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