On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Aidan Van Dyk wrote: > * Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080930 21:15]: >> On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Stéphane Glondu wrote: > Only if you like working with patch series, and prefer to lose >> all the information that the original VCS contained. I prefer to see >> the whole history, not just a snapshot, when I am joining a development >> effort.
> I keep seeing these references to "development". Why is development > happening in the disto-specific packaging? If your "Developping", > shouldn't that all be in collaboration with upstream, and hence using > the upstream VCS, whatever-that-may-be-please-let-it-be-git... Not really. All my upstream like to have a single topic patches series rebased to their latest release -- and very few of them are using modern VCS's yet. So, yes, it is fed back upstream, but not directly into the upstream VCS where I have no commit rights anyway. The patches are submitted by whatever mechanism the upstream wants them to be submitted. > I understand the need to have differences/patches to packages for > distro-specific reasons, and back-porting fixes of stuff upstream has > already fixed but that debian's not allows to use because of the strict > version-non-changing requirements... But why is "Development" happening > locally in the debian packages and not upstream? Because I develop features locally, and feed them upstream as and when it is stable enough to go up. Debian users get first crack at new features and bug fixes that I have in the works. I try to Especially bug fixes. I open a branch, fix the bug, and then feed it upstream after testing. Between the time it enters the upstream branch, it lives in my local tree. > Or am I mis-understanding the connotations of "development" in this > context? Nope. So, why am I doing development? Well, that is related to why I work on Debian. I do not package things because it is my day job, or to get recognition, not because of (gag) altruism. I package things I use, and need. Since I am passionate about these pieces of software, I have strong opinions -- and strng itches I want to scratch. Hence, features, And bug fixes. Thus, development. manoj -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas Edison Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C _______________________________________________ vcs-pkg-discuss mailing list vcs-pkg-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/vcs-pkg-discuss