Package: dgit
Severity: wishlist
Control: block -1 by 720177
Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#852090: Bug#851897: dgit: please have generated
source packages contain standard patch series"):
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 06:21:04PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > +This workflow is less suitable for some packages.
> > +When the Debian delta contains multiple pieces which interact,
> > +or which you aren't going to be able to upstream soon,
> > +it might be preferable to
> > +maintain the delta as a rebasing patch series,
...
> > +For such a workflow see for example
> > +dgit-maint-gbp(7).
> >
> > And I think a cross-reference is helpful here so the advice isn't a
> > dead-end.
>
> Good. I would also refer to #720177, partially so that we remember to
> replace it with a reference to dgit-maint-rebase(7) once that exists.
Filing this a s new bug. The reference to #720177 is not really
useful to a user. I think it's better not to add things to manpages
as a reminder to the developers ...
Thanks,
Ian.
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