Re: VCS repository on Alioth projects with unrelated packages (was: Proposed new package, bugs-everywhere_0.0.193-1.1)
Ben Finney wrote:
> "Sandro Tosi" <matrixhasu@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> If this is as python app (and you'd like to follow this path)
>
> It is implemented in Python, and I'm interested in the PAPT; thanks
> for the invite.
>
>> the repository it's already on Alioth, and it's called PAPT[1] ;)
>
> Unfortunately (as <URL:irc://irc.oftc.net/#debian-python> made clear
> in a conversation earlier this evening), the PAPT won't allow packages
> to use any VCS but their chosen repository, which is currently a
> Subversion back-end.
>
> Since my VCS preference, and that of my upstream, is Bazaar, this
> makes PAPT more of a burden than I was looking for. Alioth was
> attractive for this package largely *because* it provides hosted
> Bazaar repositories.
You may want to consider using collab-maint instead of creating a new project.
--
Felipe Sateler
Reply to: