On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 07:35:03AM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > On 16.03.25 22:51, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > Ubuntu has almost-universal git access to all source packages now, a > > contributor can for most part just `git ubuntu clone` a repository, > > make some changes and then submit a merge request. Done. > > Does this mean that Ubuntu's typical packages's git repository is an > Upstream check-out with debian/ subdirectory on top, and debian/patches > applied? > No, git-ubuntu imports the unapplied tree, roughly similar to what gbp import-dsc would do. > How did you get there from here? would Debian be able to copy that approach? > relevant to d-vote, would a DPL who promoted this idea run into any > technical problems, besides the obvious social ones? :-/ The main technical issues is running an importer service and hosting the imported repositories, space requirements, reliability, etc; but also you don't get those technical issues by proposing it, but the person running it :D -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
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