Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 05:37:03PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> This work flow simply doesn't work with our current source package >> format and a patch management system. Requiring this to work *with the >> current source package format* essentially means outlawing using patch >> management systems to manage Debian packages. That's why this proposal >> is controversial. > I agree with Lars that we should move toward requiring it to work. What I'd like to see is a Debian source package format that supports essentially quilt metadata -- in other words, a series file and a set of patches. It's a very minor addition to the current format, and I think it's very close to the intention of wig&pen. With that source package format, everyone using quilt or simple-patchsys can trivially satisfy this requirement, and most uses of dpatch are similarly trivial. It doesn't provide all of the power of a git or bzr package format, but it's a lot easier to implement and I would hope easier to get consensus on. I just don't know what's involved in finally deciding on something like this and making it happen. We've been having this discussion for years, and so far we've not made a lot of forward progress. :/ -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
