Florian Ernst wrote: > Hello *, > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:04:24PM +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > >>No need to put all sources in the repo, though. Use dpatch or something like it > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>and you'll have to put only debian/ under revision control, since the rest will >>never change :-) > > While this might be considered an advantage there's a downside > connected with it, see for example the blog entry > "dpatch/dbs/etc/etc/etc/etc considered harmful" from Joey Hess at > <http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/dpatch_dbs_etc_etc_etc_etc_considered_harmful-2005-10-13-06-35.html>. While dropping dpatch is unthinkable for me (it helps a great deal when reviewing diff.gz for unwanted changes), documenting its usage in README.Debian is indeed a very good idea. Thanks, dam -- Damyan Ivanov Creditreform Bulgaria divanov@creditreform.bg http://www.creditreform.bg/ phone: +359(2)928-2611, 929-3993 fax: +359(2)920-0994 mob. +359(88)856-6067 dam@jabber.minus273.org/Gaim
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