Re: [DebianGIS] IMPORTANT: svn imported, please use that instead of cvs

[Stephan Holl <holl@gdf-hannover.de>]

Hello Stephen,

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:42:30 -0400 Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
wrote:

> * Francesco Paolo Lovergine (frankie@debian.org) wrote:
> > I just imported all but postgis CVS repos on svn.debian.org. Use
> > svn+ssh to access the repo, as always. I'll write up a few notes
> > about that in the wiki. All alioth accounts are synced onto costa
> > (svn.debian.org) on daily basis, so all alioth users should already
> > be able to use the repo. I'll complete with email notification on
> > committing in a few...
> 
> PostGIS has now been imported under pkg-grass/trunk/postgis.  I've
> created three directories under there:
> 
> trunk/ - "latest/greatest" w/ Debian changes
> upstream/ - "latest/greatest" upstream (probably will just be released
> 			versions but we could commit things from
> upstream CVS if necessary)
> tags/ - Tags of upstream and trunk for upstream and Debian releases.
> 
> trunk is actually a branch off upstream.  Basic workflow will be:
> a) import new upstream release into upstream
> b) tag new upstream release into tags/
> c) merge upstream into trunk
> d) update trunk as necessary for next Debian release
> e) tag new trunk/Debian release into tags/
> 
> For just-Debian updates, it would just be d, e.  Any questions, please
> feel free to ask.

Thanks for the explanation.

for the record:
I have successfully checked out trunk and dpkg-buildpackaged on
debian-testing.

Installed smoothly.

I am looking forward to see this package hopefully in etch!

Best
	Stephan