On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 2:00 PM Geert Stappers <[email protected]> wrote: > In-Reply-To: > <CABomODgnNnv_-CmpqdckzRGSo0+FFB0fO=v25v5emoorn11...@mail.gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Packaging help: users and directories > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 01:03:52PM +0100, Robin Gustafsson wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 12:35 PM Gavin Henry wrote: > > > [...] > > > Is it best practice to have: > > > > > > 1. debian folder in your main repo > > > 2. debian folder branch in main repo > > > 3. Separate repo for this > > > > A separate repo hosted on salsa.debian.org. > > ? > > as "Why pointing to salsa?" > > > Options 2. and 3. are both OK. Document the location with `Vcs-Browser:` > and `Vcs-...:` in debian/control. > [...]
Absolutely, both are OK. My impression is that Salsa is best practice, but not the only good practice. I'm sure different situations warrant different decisions. To expand on that, I think Salsa is a fine choice in general, and especially for new maintainers to collaborate with sponsors and to get help from tools like the Salsa CI pipeline. Regards, Robin
