Re: svn package maintenance
On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 01:42:26PM +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> martin f krafft wrote:
> > Well, ideally the support tool should not impose on the structure
>
> Yes, svn-buildpackage is quite nice since it's easy to tell it about your
> layout. Something like that could work here as well.
>
> > 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.
Or you could look at something such as darcs, that already has ;-)
Really, I have been using darcs for package management for some time
now, and have found it very nice for that. See
http://darcs.complete.org/debian for a list.
The distributed development model really shines here -- there is no need
to mess with committer lists, etc.
-- John
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