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Re: Bug#1007717: Draft resolution for "Native source package format with non-native version"



Thanks for your answer.

On 11/05/22 at 12:38 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> I would love for there to be something like 3.0-with-git-diff.  Indeed,
> I filed this wishlist bug to ask if contribution would be welcome:
>   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1007781
> but have not had any response.
> 
> The code in dpkg-source for 1.0-with-diff is quite crusty particularly
> in respect of the implied behaviour wrt scanning your ".." for stuff.
> The *format* of 1.0-with-diff is quite reasonable, but it lacks
> support more kinds of delta.  That could be done as an extension to
> 1.0-with-diff, but I doubt that would be a popular direction.

Out of curiosity, if 3.0 (native) supported multiple tarballs, wouldn't
it be a good solution?

The main limitation I see is that it would not allow to represent
efficiently small changes to large text files (which a git-based diff
would allow).

I'm asking because if 3.0 (native) gets more generic by allowing
non-native revisions, it might be an easier sell to introduce
multi-tarballs support, than to introduce a completely different source
format.

Lucas


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