-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:09:09AM -0300, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >On 12/08/08 at 08:20 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 02:14:06AM -0300, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> >After that, we can have a discussion about: >> >- Should people be encouraged to commit the changes they make in an NMU >> > to the package's Vcs? >> >- Should people be encouraged to commit any change (not necessarily >> > resulting in an upload) to the package's Vcs? >> >> How about just sneak in a recommendation to check debian/README.Source >> for any hints about specific packaging routines to be aware of? >> >> Then each team can choose to mention there if NMU and/or any non-team >> commits to their VCS is encouraged/discouraged, without the need for >> concensus about it. > >I agree that it's a good idea to document this on a per-package basis, >somehow. > >However, I don't think that it's the main purpose of >debian/README.source (which is to document how to get the source of the >package ready for editing). Whether to encourage direct commits is >orthogonal to this, so maybe it should be documented elsewhere, to make >it easier for big teams to deploy this "policy" in all their packages. >(think of the perl team!)
Large teams like the Perl or GNOME teams would benefit from refering to some separate document anyway - wether or not that documentation include how to interact with some VCS. so I fail to see your point here. - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkihvGYACgkQn7DbMsAkQLgw8ACgi4VKnOd3N01bNEo3Sp76IXnh ABoAoImL1kPAUGlIbOPwVzXBAmLT6GX+ =+XHX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
