Re: Git Packaging Round 2: When to Salsa
>>>>> "Ansgar" == Ansgar <ansgar@debian.org> writes:
Ansgar> On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 08:14 -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
Ian> 1. The maintainer's git repository branch format must be
Ian> documented. Otherwise another contributor has to guess. This
Ian> could be done either by doing maintainer uploads with dgit
Ian> (since recent versions of dgit include the maintainer branch
Ian> format information in the git tags), or perhaps by writing
Ian> something in README.source.
>>
>> Makes sense. My take is discussion on debian-devel strongly
>> supports making it easier to figure out what branch format people
>> are using.
Ansgar> I don't see much value in this requirement (besides
Ansgar> additional work). One should look at the repository anyway
Ansgar> whan planning to do changes (to match the existing style
Ansgar> used); one would naturally see how files are organized.
I actually find it annoying to figure out which branch format something
is.
I do the work you suggest, but automation or documentation would help me
as a developer.
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