Re: Moving off of git-dpm (Re: git-dpm breakage src:faker)
On February 9, 2017 8:29:32 PM PST, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> wrote:
>On Feb 10 2017, Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> wrote:
>>>No. You are confusing dgit with one particular way to use it. You can
>>>use dgit with the maint-merge workflow mentioned above, you can use
>>>dgit
>>>with git-dpm, and you can use dgit with gbp.
>>
>> OK. So then I gather it's effectively a layer on top of 'normal'
>> things like gbp-pq or git-dpm? What added value would it provide?
>
>Among other things, it enables users to run 'dgit clone', and get an
>up-to-date, patches-applied copy of the most recent source package.
How is that different/better than debcheckout?
>But it seems to me that you are contemplating whether or not the team
>should be using dgit. This is also not a decision that needs to be made
>prior to any switch away from dgit-dpm, you can start using dgit at any
>point.
OK.
Scott K
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