On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 03:50:18PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Ian Jackson wrote: > > Many packages nowadays are maintained by teams sharing a revision > > control system. When this happens many others who work with the > > package end up using the same RCS to prepare NMUs, local versions, > > etc. > > > > So I think in these cases the fact that a particular RCS is being used > > is a fact about the package and not about the person doing the work. > > It should be stored with the package. > > Well, we do store such info in the package, via the new Vcs- fields. I > probably wouldn't mind if dpkg-source looked at those and turned on > appropriate ignores.. Some people might argue that such a behavior would > need to be disabled in some cases.
How about a new "Vcs-Git-Ignore: yes" field (or something more clearly named)? I think I agree that this is better in the control file than in random files in debian/. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
