Hello, so hereby I propose to switch our KDE packaging from svn to git on git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-kde/kde/$modulename.git. In other words, each official KDE module gets its own $module.git under git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-kde/kde/ with a script to clone/pull/etc. them all.
1) We would use the same workflow as for qt4-x11.git, i.e. no upstream branch. It proved to be fine, didn't it? Fathi, you worked most with qt4-x11.git, is there anything you would like to be changed? 2) upstream & pristine-tar branches are nice for small packages but from my experience: a) they are additional burden to manage even if `git import-orig` makes it kinda easy to import; but kde is 22 source packages so I don't think this will scale; b) things get complicated (though manageable with some patience) when there are a few packaging branches based on different upstream versions. It might be tricky to get merging right; c) upstream branches increase repository size considerably; given that kde has 22 source packages, clone of all repos will be huge; d) last but not least, when we decide we want upstream branches, we can always add them later without any cost. 3) Packaging will be imported to git with all history. The main motivation for VCS change is upcoming situation. We will probably have to release with 4.4.5, but we will want to package KDE 4.5 as well. Merging in svn is impossible but we want to properly track changes which apply to both 4.4.5 <=> 4.5 packaging (we have lost changes in the past due to svn deficiencies). Secondary motivation is that centralized svn is ageing while git is distributed, fast, has some nice features and is the most featureful DVCS at the moment. Last but not least, KDE upstream is eventually switching to git. -- Modestas Vainius <[email protected]>
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