Re: Converting to dgit
On Jan 03 2017, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
> Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> writes:
>
>> The thing that's delivered to users in 99% of the cases is the binary
>> package. In the (comparatively) rare cases where the user is retrieving
>> the source, I am not convinced that most of these users truly prefer a
>> Debian-specific source package with patches in debian/patches over a
>> standard Git repository with patches as commits.
>
> Speaking as a Debian user who frequently has to apply local patches or
> produce local versions of Debian packages for my job (usually weird
> backports or bizarre local requirements), I cannot express to you how much
> I prefer a Debian source package with patches in debian/patches over a Git
> repository with patches as commits.
Yeah, but I was not talking about the strength of preferences but the
number of users that have them :-). Also, you happen to be a Debian
developer and are therefore already familiar with the Debian source
format...
Best,
-Nikolaus
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