Re: [RFC] Proposal for new source format
Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> writes:
> I would like to have some comments on a large revision on the source
> format. It also needs modifications to dak to handle some parts of it.
> - Source format version would be "4.0".
> - Each source includes an arbitrary number of "tar" layers, which are
> applied sequentially and override files from previous steps. I'm not
> sure if we need tombstones to be able to remove files.
If we're going to go to the trouble of defining a new source format, I'd
prefer we embrace a VCS-based one rather than once again rolling our own
idiosyncratic representation of a tree of files and their history. Even
if one is not convinced of the merits of uploading a true Git history of
the package, I think it's clear that a lot of us *do* want to do this and
see this as a very valuable step forward in providing a more complete
history of the package and of decisions made in maintaining that package.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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