Re: svn package maintenance

2006-07-25 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 01:06:28PM +0200, Marcus Better wrote: Hello, I've recently started to use svn for package maintenance, both in order to enable team maintenance and because it's a great way to keep track of the code. Previously I used dpatch or quilt for the Debian changes.

Re: svn package maintenance

2006-07-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 09:18:27AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: I replicate the advantages of quilt by keeping quilt patches in Subversion. This allows me to use svn-inject -o, which doesn't put the upstream sources in version control at all - just the Debian directory. I like this

Re: svn package maintenance

2006-07-25 Thread Otavio Salvador
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roberto C. Sanchez) writes: On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 09:18:27AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: I replicate the advantages of quilt by keeping quilt patches in Subversion. This allows me to use svn-inject -o, which doesn't put the upstream sources in version control at

svn package maintenance

2006-07-23 Thread Marcus Better
Hello, I've recently started to use svn for package maintenance, both in order to enable team maintenance and because it's a great way to keep track of the code. Previously I used dpatch or quilt for the Debian changes. However with svn (or any other version control system) it really doesn't

Re: svn package maintenance

2006-07-23 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Marcus Better [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.07.23.1206 +0100]: Previously I used dpatch or quilt for the Debian changes. However with svn (or any other version control system) it really doesn't make sense to use that. The VCS is great at keeping track of changesets. Is it? Try keeping

Re: svn package maintenance

2006-07-23 Thread Marcus Better
martin f krafft wrote: Well, ideally the support tool should not impose on the structure Yes, svn-buildpackage is quite nice since it's easy to tell it about your layout. Something like that could work here as well. SVN does not track merges across branches, unless you do it in the changelog.

Re: svn package maintenance

2006-07-23 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, SVN does not track merges across branches, unless you do it in the changelog. I know, it's a pain in the neck. But still it's a good step forward over CVS, and seems to be quite popular in Debian. I hope svn will improve in this area. svn/cvs et cetera are quite linear; dpatch and

Re: svn package maintenance

2006-07-23 Thread John Goerzen
On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 01:42:26PM +0200, Marcus Better wrote: martin f krafft wrote: Well, ideally the support tool should not impose on the structure Yes, svn-buildpackage is quite nice since it's easy to tell it about your layout. Something like that could work here as well. SVN does

Re: svn package maintenance

2006-07-23 Thread George Danchev
On Sunday 23 July 2006 20:28, John Goerzen wrote: On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 01:42:26PM +0200, Marcus Better wrote: martin f krafft wrote: Well, ideally the support tool should not impose on the structure Yes, svn-buildpackage is quite nice since it's easy to tell it about your layout.