Hi Arno, On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 01:43, Arno Töll <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07.11.2011 07:12, Stefan Fritsch wrote: >> I would prefer switching to git, too. Therefore we should not put work >> into restructuring the svn repo, IMHO. > > Sandro, do you have any plans in restructuring the repository? I am > undecided whether I shall wait for you working on that before starting > (finishing) to work on the stuff I announced to work on. > > It's not a big deal to provide my self-made patches, but it would be > annoying if you would come up with a brand new repository a few days later.
Nope, no restructured repository, unless we reach a consensus on the VCS we're going to use. I replied to Stefan email about svn/git so I do think that we need first to iron out where we want to go :) >> But I don't have any experience >> in maintaining a large complicated package in git, though. Do you? Is it >> necessary to import the complete upstream source with git? Though it may >> actually be a good idea, because we frequently have to backport commits >> from upstream's 2.2.x branch. > > It is not needed, but of course, it is perfectly possible. There are > (too?) many workflows in git. yeah, it's like the perl of VCSes :) > Basically you can either track upstream's > VCS in a remote branch in git, or put orig.tar.gz tarballs in the > pristine-tar repository or not use any upstream source at all, or use > any combination of these. > > That said, I am no git expert either, but I have some experience with > git|svn-buildpackage. > >> If that's sorted >> out, I would prefer 3.0, too. > > I will think about solutions for that problem soon(tm). I suggested a debian/rules addition to remove the patch-that-are-actually-scripts - what do you think about it? Cheers, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/capdtaj0dzqa7je-vmgidsvrhkcjz9uhfnstsyikpfjfzcmb...@mail.gmail.com
