Re: Git Packaging: Native source formats
On 2019-08-28, Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> wrote:
> * I've heard at least one person claim that native format packages are
> problematic for downstreams.
> I'd like to better understand both the theoretical argument here and
> to understand from downstreams whether it is an issue in practice.
>
> For downstreams where it is a problem, are you using a git or a
> non-git workflow?
I've recently (professionally) been involved with a .. sidestream?.
Where going into debian packages, rpm packages and others to fetch their
fixes (as separate files) into a different environment (yocto).
Having the ability to extract separate patches - with clear
documentation - was so much simpler than trying to extract it from
anywhere else.
/Sune
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