Quoting Matthias Urlichs (2024-06-17 13:05:17)
> [...]
> Thus I need to ignore the maintainer's git tree in favor of "apt-get
> source", manually apply the fix, upload that to the archive, then apply
> the (hopefully) exact same patch to the actual git sources. Sorry but
> WTF? [1]
[...]
The topic of this GR is not streamlining Debian use of git, but allowing
a simpler path from existing messy git to acceptance into Debian.
Is this a GR? If it is, don't we have a process that's designed to eventually stop never-ending back and forth disagreements, like the many that have been seen in these threads?