Le 22 août 2013 21:52, "Ian Jackson" <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> a écrit : > > I'm pleased to announce that dgit 0.7, which is a version of dgit > suitable for alpha and beta testers, is available in unstable.
What are the pro/con and différence compared to gitpkg ? > > >From the manpage: > > dgit [dgit-opts] clone [dgit-opts] package [suite] [./dir|/dir] > dgit [dgit-opts] fetch|pull [dgit-opts] [suite] > dgit [dgit-opts] build|sbuild [build-opts] > dgit [dgit-opts] push [dgit-opts] [suite] > > dgit treats the Debian archive as a version control system, and > bidirectionally gateways between the archive and git. The git > view of the package can contain the usual upstream git history, > and will be augmented by commits representing uploads done by > other developers not using dgit. This git history is stored in > a canonical location known as dgit-repos which lives outside > the Debian archive (currently, on Alioth). > > If you don't like git, or think I have taken the wrong approach, then > you need read no further. You can carry on just as before. > > > If on the other hand you'd like to experiment with a new tool that > lets you work on any package in the archive using git, even with > upstream git history in your history if you like, and to share your > git-based work with other uploaders, please install dgit 0.7 from > unstable and try it out. > > For more information, the full manpage is here: > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/2013/dgit.html > (this is slightly more up to date than the one on manpages.debian.net). > > This is still a very early version. I'm not aware of anyone but me > having used it in anger. So there are very likely to be bugs. Please > report them. > > With regret I must note that currently you can't use it if you don't > have a full DD account on both the Debian systems and on Alioth. Even > if you just want a read-only mode. This is due to deficiencies in the > archive software and in Alioth, which I have worked around in very > unpleasant ways. I'm hoping that this will improve fairly soon. > Please see the BUGS section of the manpage. > > The master git repository for dgit is here: > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=dgit-repos/dgit.git > Pull requests welcome (please send them to the BTS). > > > Some background: > > At Debconf we had a series of discussion on the problem of integrating > git and the archive, culminating in an excellent bar-BOF. We started > with a diagram Joey Hess had drawn on a piece of cardboard, of a > design he had; many of us came to the BOF with our own preconceptions. > Too often these discussions result in a gigantic edifice which will > take six-months to implement and six years to persuade people is a > good idea. But, during this conversation, instead, pieces were hacked > off until the result was implementable right away. So that's what > dgit is. > > Key points about dgit's design: > > * It doesn't require anyone else to change their existing workflow. > > * You can use it on any package. > > * If you are the maintainer and want to use it on your own package, > it will allow you to adopt a gitish workflow and will let you > easily import into your git history the changes made in NMUs, > security updates - and hopefully eventually derivative distros. > > * I think we can extend it later to support working on quilty > packages (with patch stacks) as if they were git branches. This is > not yet done because it's quite complicated. See PACKAGE SOURCE > FORMATS in the manpage. > > > Thanks, > Ian. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/21014.27626.870447.341...@chiark.greenend.org.uk >
