On 07/17/2014 02:29 AM, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Thomas Goirand > >> On 07/15/2014 09:42 AM, Charles Plessy wrote: >>> I am not a big fan of the 3.0 (quilt) format because it imposes a patch >>> system. >>> In particular, this format does not make much sense when managing the source >>> package with Git. >> >> I'm not sure I'm following you. I do use git for packaging, and I have >> no problem at all with format 3.0 (quilt). I was resisting to progress >> and reluctant to get out of my comfort zone at first, but now I like it. >> What is it that bothers/annoy you exactly? > > I can't speak for Plessy, but the entire concept of using a different, > much more limited patch system on top of git is just.. weird. It makes > absolutely no sense to dumb down all the rich metadata you have in your > git repository to something that's possible to express using quilt. > > It's busywork that has very little value for anybody and a > not-insignificant cost.
Got it now. And I agree. It'd be awesome if we had something like: quilt git-cherry-pick <git-ref> which would do the work. Then it wouldn't be a problem. Also, it'd be super nice if someone gave a talk about git-dpm at Debconf, to explain to everyone how it works. Anyone? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53c883b8.1060...@debian.org
