Hi all, I have a merge proposal to update the UDD documentation part of the packaging guide. I'm hoping this can be reviewed, merged, and published before my UDW session tomorrow (it's okay if it can't).
The branch fixes some typos and formatting issues, but there are really two substantive changes. First, I've updated all the discussion of using `bzr merge-package` to just use `bzr merge` as is now the case in Precise. I do give minimum bzr and bzr-builddeb version numbers for this, but don't dwell on the old way too much. Second, I've removed all the discussion of using looms to generate quilt patches. In going through the described procedures, I realized they just don't work very well, and it makes things much more complicated. Specifically, the problem comes down to when you are in the thread that contains both the in-source change and the quilt patch, there is no way to `quilt push` the patch, because the source tree already has the changes. This is a problem in the non-loom approach (which I describe better now, and have tested), but it's easier because you can just shelve or revert the in-source change once you've imported the quilt patch. I've actually been using this fairly successfully for a while now. While I still like the idea of using looms instead of quilt, and am a little sad to let go of this, for now, I think it's clearer to avoid the whole thing. So, I hope these changes simplify the UDD workflow. I've run through and tested them with various packages so I'm pretty sure the instructions are accurate. Reviews are welcome of course! https://code.launchpad.net/~barry/ubuntu-packaging-guide/udd-update/+merge/90976 Cheers, -Barry P.S. See you at 1900 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom tomorrow.
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