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Re: Bits from the GNOME Team



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
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