Gianfranco Costamagna writes ("Re: adns package is undermaintained and needs
comaintainers"):
> yes it is, I did forget a -e 10, and it went directly in unstable
> (sorry for this, it wasn't something I wanted to do, I wanted to see the
> previous version migrate before my one...)
Oh I see. OK, thanks.
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/adns
>
> I created a quick and dirty packaging repo, importing mostly all the old
> revisions in git (not all, because debsnap started after this package was
> introduced in Debian)
I think this namespace is something that belongs to the maintainer(s)
of the package in Debian and you should not have simply created it
without asking. I think it can be made into what I would have
preferred, but I expect that if you do this kind of thing a lot you
may get annoyed reactions.
In particular, pushing to
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/PACKAGE#master
is an operation which cannot be undone without rewinding the branch,
and rewinding is often undesirable.
> changing the packaging format has been something I needed to do,
> because for some reasons I couldn't import the new tarball with
> uscan+uupdate tools (sorry, I mostly always use quilt packages, and
> I like them more because I can handle them correctly)
I think it is better to work completely within git. adns upstream is
git, and it would be better to use that upstream git.
The workflow I would suggest would be that described here:
dgit-maint-merge(7)
> I created a quick and dirty packaging repo, importing mostly all the
> old revisions in git (not all, because debsnap started after this
> package was introduced in Debian)
Oh, tarball/dsc imports ? They're a very poor history. The complete
package history is available in upstream and Debian git.
Before your upload, "dgit clone adns" would produce the complete
upstream + Debian history...
> BTW you seem to be both Upstream and Debian, probably this is why
> you prefer non-quilt mode, but I honestly don't know how to handle
> such diffs, I'm relatively a "new guy" in Debian (with new meaning
> probably 10 years), and I mostly always seen new packages packaged
> in quilt mode...
I expect us to have small (or no) changes between Debian and upstream.
So I think dgit-maint-merge(7) is a good fit.
> I will try to keep the package in good shape since now it is shown in my DDPO
> :)
>
> thanks for the answer and sorry again for the unwanted fast NMU
My preference would be for the source format change to be reverted,
and for us to go back to the proper (not debsnap-imported) git history
(dgit push --overwrite will be needed to stitch in the .dsc import).
And I guess we should either rewind/overwrite the salsa master branch
from Gianfranco, or stitch in with "git merge -s ours" ?
Magnus, are you able to do that ? Do you want me to help out ?
Thanks,
Ian.
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