> 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.
I deleted it, it was meant as example, I should have created it into my personal namespace, of course > 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. got it yes > 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... > nice to know, I cloned it a few minutes ago > 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" ? lets do this way: 1) forget about salsa.d.o (branches are empty deletion ongoing) 2) go with dgit and if you can help me in understanding how to import the new release it would be appreciated a lot 3) revert the quilt format change 4) fix this bug:812763 (unless you have a different opinion) upload once the current one migrates I did clone with dgit, and it created a debian/sid branch with the new release imported... I think I have to "discard" that branch, go back in master, merge the upstream repo and then add my changes, right? (sorry it is the first time I approach dgit, and I don't even understand why it is not mentioned on some VCS fields) thanks so far Gianfranco
