On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Joey Hess wrote: > Subject says it all, really. Please note however that dpkg-dev doesn't have the required dependency to ensure that dpkg-source -x works on "3.0 (git)". But "3.0 (quilt)" works as quilt is not needed to unpack/build such source packages.
I also think that the "3.0 (git)" format would benefit from some further work... for instance I'd like the git version to be added in a header in the .dsc so that if Git's internal format changes in some incompatible way it's possible to identify which source package use the old format. Adding the Git version should be trivial but maybe Git provides more accurate information for the internal format of its packs. I have not researched the topic. And at the present time, I consider the "3.0 (git)" format only adapted for replacing native packages. Each revision requires upload of a full new tarball. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/
