Bug#706904: Chinese Checkers RFS review
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:18:18AM -0400, Dave Steele wrote:
>> I'm not sure we are clear with terms here. The newbie is the upstream,
>> and he has chosen to include the debian directory in his main
>> repository. Should he choose to rev the packaging, upstream is
>> coordinated, by definition.
>
> As such, a trivial debian package change would trigger a new upstream
> release. If this is the intent, that's fineish in my view, but remember,
> this screws up and chance of cross-distro work (since a change to RPM
> local stuff, as example, would trigger a new upstream, and a no change
> rebuild in Debian to match)
>
> I really discourage this usage a lot. Native packages must be for
> packages local to Debian only.
>
This raises an interesting question on this package. He is using
github tags to identify releases. Currently, the tags page is
providing native-friendly tars for each version.
So how does he tag packaging-only updates - by tagging at the debian
rev level, then adjusting watch to ignore the dash? I don't see how
this provides less screwage to other distributions.
In any case, it sounds like the guidance on this ticket is that either
solution is fineish.
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