On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 11:47, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:12:26AM +0100, Ross Burton écrivait: > > > 4- CVS/SVN usage : > > > ------------------ > > > > > > Akira TAGOH has proposed to create a module for each source-package (the > > > module name is the name of the source package) with the debian dir > > > included. We could include the whole package for the native ones and > > > doc for example. > > > > I like the idea of the full upstream source in CVS, as it should make > > things easier. However, I've never actually done this, has anyone else? > > Considering the size of Gnome I doubt this is a good idea. Better only > maintain the debian directory with SVN/CVS. Of course, the debian dir > should be the only change to the upstream source. That means all > packages should use a system like dpatch to be able to modify the > upstream sources. Thats a good point. Are there tools to make managing just debian/ in CVS easy, or should we write some as we go? > A convention to avoid mistakes is to use the new version but indicate > "UNRELEASED" instead of unstable to avoid unwanted uploads. > > Suppose current unstable version is 1.2-1 and you want to work on the > next upload which is planned to be 1.2-2 you just put this in the > changelog : > mypkg (1.2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low > > * Maintainer One > - Change 1 > - Change 2 > * Maintainer Two > - Change 1 > - Change 2 > > And when you're ready to upload you just s/UNRELEASED/unstable/ and > you're done. Looks good to me, the UNRELEASED trick is nice. Ross -- Ross Burton mail: ross@burtonini.com jabber: ross@burtonini.com www: http://www.burtonini.com./ PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF
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