Bug#443392: ITP: gitpkg -- helper scripts for maintaining packages with git
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 04:53:34PM +0930, Ron <ron@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 07:42:52AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:49:26AM +0930, Ron <ron@debian.org> wrote:
> > > Package: wnpp
> > >
> > > * Package name : gitpkg
> > > Description : helper scripts for maintaining packages with git
> > >
> > > This packages provides some simple scripts that assist with maintaining
> > > Debian packages in git.
> > > .
> > > gitpkg - creates a source package from tagged revisons.
> > > git-debimport - creates a git repository from a set of existing packages.
> >
> > Couldn't that be merged with git-buildpackage ?
>
> Well, they are kind of orthogonal, so I don't really see what sense that
> would make. If you are using the git-buildpackage framework, then you
> don't really need these scripts (...)
Actually, I don't see why it's necessary to have a package for 2 scripts
that might not be even 100 lines each. These scripts could be
distributed with git-buildpackage. There is no reason git-buildpackage
should be limited to the set of scripts it already contains, or a single
possible workflow for using git to maintain debian packages ?
What are we going to see next ? Yet another package because someone else
will feel none of gitpkg or git-buildpackage fit his needs ?
Why not have only one package containing different tools that fit
different needs ?
Mike
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