Your message dated Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:10:18 +0100 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#702405: quilt: Please use state directory .quilt (not .pc) has caused the Debian Bug report #702405, regarding quilt: Please use state directory .quilt (not .pc) to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: quilt Version: 0.60-7 Severity: minor It is handy when rograms to use directory names that make sense; usually ones that reflect the programs that make use of them: Git => .git Bzr => .bzr Svn => .svn ... In next version, please consider moving to a more logical name for the state information directory: Quilt => .quilt -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages quilt depends on: ii bsdmainutils 9.0.3 ii bzip2 1.0.6-4 ii diffstat 1.55-3 ii gettext 0.18.1.1-9 ii patch 2.6.1-3 ii perl 5.14.2-18 Versions of packages quilt recommends: ii less 444-4 Versions of packages quilt suggests: ii exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-transport-agent] 4.80-7 ii graphviz 2.26.3-12 ii procmail 3.22-20 -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Hi, On Wed, 06 Mar 2013, Jari Aalto wrote: > In next version, please consider moving to a more logical name for the > state information directory: > > Quilt => .quilt Sorry, this won't happen. There are too many tools that rely on this .pc directory, starting with dpkg-source. I agree it was a weird choice in the first place, but one that should better be left alone. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Get the Debian Administrator's Handbook: → http://debian-handbook.info/get/
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