Re: Shall I create a git.d.o/pkg-perl repo for a started, but then not needed packaging?
Hi gregor,
gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:29:15 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> > So I wonder: Shall I push that packaging to git.d.o/pkg-perl anyway?
> > Or would that cause more confusion than it would help if someone needs
> > that package later?
>
> Besides pkg-perl/packages/, we already have a pkg-perl/attic/ directory
> for git repos of removed packages that might be needed again at some
> later point,
Nice!
> so having something like pkg-perl/prospectice/ (or whatever) might
> be something similar for the kind of packages you have in mind.
Indeed!
> I guess it will be used as little as the repos in attic/ but who
> knows :) At least it doesn't cause any harm except for a little disk
> space. And I have also packages that I've created once where I
> realized later then we don't need them now.
dh-make-perl should check for existing packaging there like it does
with e.g. apt-file! Filed a
wishlist bug report for that: http://bugs.debian.org/702456
> I only would prefer to keep them in a separate directory and not
> under pkg-perl/packages/ to avoid confusion (and automatic updates
> and mass-commits etc.).
That would also help dh-make-perl in checking for such packages.
Regards, Axel
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