Hello, I pushed the last (functional) changes that I wanted to have in the sourcev3 branch: a module handling a format named "3.0 (quilt)" which is wig&pen based. I made the choice to directly use quilt if available so that after extraction, one can continue to use quilt without finding a way to recreate the ".pc" directory. Also the source generation is smart enough to ignore this directory.
I would like some people to try running the code in that branch and report problems/suggestions. I built the package for your convenience: http://people.debian.org/~hertzog/packages/dpkg_1.14.17~srcv3_i386.changes Using a new source format can be done either by adding a "Format: 3.0 (quilt/git/native)" field to debian/control (in the source stanza) or adding a parameter to dpkg-source like: dpkg-source "--format=3.0 (quilt)" -b package-X.Y/ We're approaching a state where it could be merged. What's left is: - update entirely the dpkg-source manual page - add non-regression tests on (some of) the modules created - copy upstream tarballs in the extraction directory for all formats (and take it the relevant part out of the Format: 1.0 code). My personal wish is that the new format "3.0 (quilt)" becomes the default build format in lenny+1 (as soon as ftp-master accept it). We also have a bunch of wishlist bugs against dpkg-source and I wonder which are important enough to warrant changes and/or addition of new features in the "3.0 (quilt)" format. Your comments are welcome... please put in CC the relevant bugs. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=366555 Right now, all patched files are modified to have the same timestamp and the generated patches do not contain timestamps. This bug request the inclusion of timestamp in patches files and that the timestamp be respected at unpack time. Given everything I've read in the BTS, I'm not sure it's a good idea. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=4588 Support addition of binary files. Now that the debian directory is stored in a separate tarball, it's possible to add binary files in the debian directory but it's not possible to add them directly in some upstream directory, they have to be moved in place at build time if needed. Is that enough to consider this bug solved? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=12564 Allow removal of files with patches. I think I'm going to implement this one. It simply requires adding -E to the patch call and quilt already use -E by default. However I won't change the fact that a removed file is ignored during generation of a patch (at least by default, maybe I'll add an option to change this behaviour). http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=435126 Ignore by default all VCS specific directories in native tarballs. There are Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
