ACK from me. Sounds really great. On 9/15/10, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Just switching to dpkg source format 3.0 does not work nicely with > git-buildpackage: the source format auto-applies patches and leave it as > such after package cleanup, while git-buildpackage expects patches to be > unapplied. > > As some may have noticed in past threads, I have not liked the approach > of extending debian/rules to explicitly unapply patches based on e.g. > the existance of the .git directory. I find that a bad hack. > > It seems the proper solution is at hand: I noticed at Debian Planet the > following entry: > http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/14/how-to-customize-dpkg-sources-behaviour-in-your-debian-source-package/ > > In that blog entry, Raphaël mentions the special file > debian/source/local-options which is taken into account during build but > not included into the generated source package. > > I hereby propose that we recommend generally switching to source format > 3.0 (quilt) - even for packages not currently using patches - and add > the following info to debian/source/local-options: > > unapply-patches = True > abort-on-uptream-changes = True > > > Warning: This is completely untested. Just written based on above blog > entry. ;-) > > > - Jonas > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private >
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