Re: RFC: DEP-14: Recommended layout for Git packaging repositories
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Raphael Hertzog writes ("Re: RFC: DEP-14: Recommended layout for Git packaging repositories"):
> > The DEP will neither encourage and discourage its use. It only mentions
> > that if a maintainer is using it, it should store pristine-tar data
> > in the "pristine-tar" branch.
>
> Would it be worth mentioning in the DEP that while some people swear
> by pristine-tar, some swear at it ?
Why would that be needed? pristine-tar data sits quietly in its branch
and should not annoy anyone.
Obviously if a team mandates the usage of pristine-tar, then as a member
of that team you might be annoyed to have to update this data, but it's another
discussion.
Cheers,
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