Transition away from git-dpm was: Re: Adopting OpenStack packages
Updated the subject, since we've drifted...
On Monday, March 06, 2017 04:47:39 PM Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2017 at 10:32:17 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > I think it's reasonable to try this out on a branch
>
> Here's a maybe-stupid idea: use http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep14/ branch
> naming (debian/master, debian/experimental) for that branch, and switch to
> it as the default branch (edit foo.git/HEAD on alioth) when unfreezing
> and "officially" switching to gbp-pq?
>
> (You would have to stick to either upstream or upstream/latest but not
> mix them, though, because file vs. directory duality applies here.)
>
> I can offer https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-utopia/dbus.git as an
> example of a repository with semi-complex history, that uses gbp-pq and
> DEP-14. ioquake3, flatpak, ostree, openjk, iortcw are all simpler examples
> if you want one of those.
>
> S
Personally, I don't know enough to have an opinion. I'm interested in the
views of DPMT members with gbp pq experience. What's the consensus about
branch naming (all I know is for git-dpm, it was pretty hard wired)?
Scott K
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