On Friday, January 06, 2017 12:29:54 AM IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: > On 01/04/2017 05:42 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > > git-dpm does too, and I agree it's nice. > > here's an opposite data point: > > being forced to use git-dpm by the python-modules-team policy - i > haven't had a single joyful experience with git-dpm. > so far, every import of a new upstream release turned into a nightmare > with an extra working clone of the repository, and skimming through the > same man- and webpages full of outdated documentation even though i'm > pretty sure that the required information was there the last time i looked. > > git-dpm might be useful if you use it daily. > as it stands, i'm a very happy gbp user (without fancy addons) for > almost all of my packages, and the few python modules i maintain don't > do releases that often (which explains why i don't get a routine for > doing new upstream imports with git-dpm). I don't use it often enough to remember all the details either. I don't recall the last time I had to do more than copy/paste a command from the man page (OK, git-dpm tag I can remember). Scott K
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