Re: why do people introduce stup^Wstrange changes to quilt 3.0 format

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>]

]] Roger Leigh 

> I think this is a key point.  The aim of the git format should not be
> provide the entire history, any more than the other formats do (not).
> 
> What should be provided needs to be
> - sufficient to build the package
> - sufficient to determine the changes made between the Upstream
>   release and the Debian upload
> - sufficient to allow further uploads, including NMUs
> - (allow restoration of the full history)

- The source, aka the preferred form for modification.

I think we're failing to provide that in many cases today, since if
you're going to do any serious hacking on a project, you end up cloning
its VCS, you don't just grab a tarball and use that.

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Tollef Fog Heen
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