On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 09:13:04AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes: > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 01:02:59PM +0800, Chow Loong Jin wrote: > >> Actually most users of pristine-tar in git don't have the *first* of > >> these branches. They usually have an upstream branch which is > >> synthesized solely from importing tarballs using git import-orig. In > >> other words, the typical practice is to avoid sharing git history with > >> the upstream VCS, which in turn works out very well for git-dch, > >> because you don't get unnecessary upstream changes documented in > >> debian/changelog. > > This seems utterly broken to me and optimized for the wrong priority. > It makes perfect sense if you're packaging software where upstream doesn't > use a DVCS, which I'll point out is still the most common case. :) Upstream doesn't have to be using a DVCS for your DVCS to be able to import their history (git and bzr both have bridges to a number of other VCS sources). Evidently my experience as a maintainer is not as typical as I thought it was. I find that having the entire history (upstream+packaging) at my fingertips in a single place is *the* biggest multiplier for my productivity, and when I don't have it (generally because the tools are getting in my way), I feel its absence profoundly. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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