On 9/12/19 8:57 AM, Ansgar wrote:
I don't see much value in this requirement (besides additional work). One should look at the repository anyway whan planning to do changes (to match the existing style used); one would naturally see how files are organized. We already had tons of packages shipping a README.source stating "this packages uses quilt, ..." before which I also didn't find very valuable; this seems pretty similar.
Working with packages downstream it's nice to have that documented. E.g., needing to patch something for a weird site requirement, or backport a fix that isn't a big deal for anyone else (so likely wouldn't qualify for a stable update), etc. Not everyone who wants to modify a package is familiar with the multitude of ways of maintaining packages.
dgit makes this a lot better, though.