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Re: Debian XSF SVN to git migration



Thierry Reding <thierry@gilfi.de> writes:

> A very related issue is how to work with Debian-specific branches. Should we
> use a master branch which we keep the packaging files in and into which we
> merge/cherry-pick from the upstream branches as necessary? Or would it be
> better to have separate upstream and Debian branches and merge those two into
> the master branch? What we're looking for is the easiest way to pull and push
> patches so we can keep the difference between the Debian packages and
> upstream as small as possible.

That means we'll stop to use the quilt to manage the patches and leave
git to manage all delta between Debian and original upstream code?

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