Re: VCS (Was: Questions for all candidates)

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Andreas Tille writes ("VCS (Was: Questions for all candidates)"):
> Dear Jonathan,
> > How do you feel about dgit
> 
> As long as dgit is seen as just another interface (like gbp), I'm
> perfectly fine with it. Ultimately, the choice depends on your workflow.
> While I personally use gbp, I've seen dgit in action with Salsa, and if
> it fits the needs of others, that's great.

I just wanted to address a confusion evident in Andreas's reply.

Adopting dgit doesn't change the way a maintainer edits their package.

dgit is in no way an *alternative* to gbp.  gbp users can use dgit
and will probably find it improves their lives.

If you're using gbp, uploading with dgit is an improvement and
simplification *of the upload step*.  You start directly from the gbp
main branch, say `dgit push-source --gbp`, and poof! it's done.
You can forget whatever upload runes you have in your shell history.

On this "plug" topic, just earlier today, a happy user wrote to us:

 | Btw, I wish I had looked at dgit earlier,

Ian.

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