On Saturday 30 Jul 2011, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 28/07/11 at 15:36 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It seems that many different teams have recently switched to Git, or are > > considering switching. But each of them seems to re-implement the wheel > > by designing their own Git workflow. > > > > I think that it would be fantastic if we could collaborate on defining > > a common Git workflow. > > > > [...] > > > > If you are interested in participating (which doesn't mean that you > > commit on behalf of your team to switch to that workflow, just that you > > want to participate in the discussions), add yourself (and your team) to > > http://wiki.debian.org/GitPackagingWorkflow. If more than 3 teams are > > interested in a BOF at DC11, I'll try to organize one on saturday (all > > the video-broadcasted slots are taken, but we will make sure to take > > notes). If the BOF doesn't happen, I'll contact interested people to see > > how to continue. > > Hi, > > So a BOF happened at Debconf 11, and I've put the raw notes online at > http://wiki.debian.org/GitPackagingWorkflow/DebConf11BOF > > My understanding of the situation is that we are ready to document a > workflow including: > - using git-buildpackage for basic stuff > - managing several repositories with mr > - managing and tracking the status of the repositories (e.g with PET) > - managing patches with quilt (the "nothing fancy" approach) > + additionally, using a patch-queue system (but which one?) to > manage patches locally > - managing debian/changelog with git-dch > > Some people expressed interest in starting a proper documentation on > that on the Debian wiki. I suggest to use the > http://wiki.debian.org/GitPackagingWorkflow (or maybe to extend the > http://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit page). > > We probably need more discussion: > - on patch queue managers > - on the "one-branch-per-patch" approaches Eclipse recently moved to one-branch-per-patch, or at least one branch per issue being fixed. This seems to be the fashion.
David > > Also, Raphael Hertzog mentioned that the next version of dpkg will > unapply patches and remove .pc after the build, which should help with > managing patches in git. > > - Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201107301626.30124.david.goodeno...@btconnect.com
