Jonathan Nieder wrote: > For usability: I imagine what is typically needed is the set of Vcs-Git > fields somewhere conveniently machine-readable, so one could just go > > apt-get source --git whatever > > and get a checkout of its packaging repository.
... which is what debcheckout provides, though I didn’t know it. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli for writing it! > Selfishly, I guess if someone implements the 90% solution above, I > would stop caring so much about what source format the buildds use. > Others might be more principled, though. ;-) So indeed, I do not think git-based distributed source packages are worth worrying about yet. In those places where git.debian.org and co are not good enough, I suspect it would be a better use of time to try to improve connectivity. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
