On February 9, 2017 8:29:32 PM PST, Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> wrote: >On Feb 10 2017, Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> wrote: >>>No. You are confusing dgit with one particular way to use it. You can >>>use dgit with the maint-merge workflow mentioned above, you can use >>>dgit >>>with git-dpm, and you can use dgit with gbp. >> >> OK. So then I gather it's effectively a layer on top of 'normal' >> things like gbp-pq or git-dpm? What added value would it provide? > >Among other things, it enables users to run 'dgit clone', and get an >up-to-date, patches-applied copy of the most recent source package.
How is that different/better than debcheckout? >But it seems to me that you are contemplating whether or not the team >should be using dgit. This is also not a decision that needs to be made >prior to any switch away from dgit-dpm, you can start using dgit at any >point. OK. Scott K