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Re: RFC: DEP-14: Recommended layout for Git packaging repositories



Hi,

Raphael Hertzog:
> 
>     Title: Recommended layout for Git packaging repositories
>     DEP: 14

Thank you!

>   QUESTION: some people have argued to use debian/master as the latest
>   packaging targets sometimes sid and sometimes experimental. Should we
>   standardize on this? Or should we explicitly allow this as an alternative?
> 
Personally I'd prefer `debian/master`.

> About pristine-tar
> ------------------
> 
> If the package maintainers use the pristine-tar tool to efficiently store
> a byte-for-byte copy of the upstream tarballs, this should be done in the
> `pristine-tar` branch.
> 
Please discourage the use of pristine-tar. The format is fragile and can
suffer from bit rot.

-- 
-- Matthias Urlichs

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