Re: How mature is Pkg-format 3.0 (git), yet?
"Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, January 16, 2012 23:26, Paul Wise wrote:
>>> I just wanted to ask how mature Package-format 3.0 (git) became until
>>> now.
>>
>> It is not currently accepted by the Debian archive:
>>
>> http://bugs.debian.org/642801
>
> My experience until now is that it's mature in dpkg. It does the job just
> like other source formats, for me.
>
> It's indeed not accepted in the Debian archive and also tools like Lintian
> don't support it. So it depends on your goals whether you can call it
> mature. It works very well for a local package I maintain.
>
>
> Thijs
There is a lot of different opinions about wether the format is sane at
all. A problem with the basic idea/design of 3.0 (git) as opposed to the
maturity of the implementation.
MfG
Goswin
Reply to: