>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
Ian> Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult writes ("Re: Survey: git
Ian> packaging practices / repository format"):
>> I'd call it the 'git-only-workflow' ;-)
Ian> ...
>> It's not in official Debian. I've announced it long go, but
>> nobody here really cared. I couldn't even convice debian
>> maintainers for little less insane scm workflows (just look at
>> the kernel :p), but failed, so I don't waste my time anymore,
>> instead just clean up the mess for those packages that I actually
>> need.
Ian> Oh. I think I have misunderstood. I think you are describing
Ian> a git workflow you use as a *downstream* of Debian, not as a
Ian> maintainer *within* Debian.
Ian> And I think what you are saying is that you don't use source
Ian> packages (.dsc) except maybe in the innards somewhere of your
Ian> machinery. I think that is a good way for a downstream to
Ian> work. Certainly when I modify anything locally I don't bothere
Ian> with that .dsc stuff.
I'm certainly going to look at dck-buildpackage now, because what he
describes is a workflow I'd like to be using within Debian.
For some projects I want to ignore orig tarballs as much as I can. I'm
happy with native packages, or 3.0 quilt with single-debian-patch.
I don't want merge artifacts from Debian packaging on my branches.
I'm happy to need to give the system an upstream tag.
I'm happy for a dsc to fall out the bottom, and so long as it
corresponds to my git tree I don't care how that happens.
I have a slight preference for 3.0 format over 1.0 format packages. 3.0
makes it possible to deal with binaries, better compression and a couple
of things like that. The quilt bits are (in this workflow) an annoyance
to be conquered, not a value.
The thing his approach really seems to have going for it is that he
gives up on the debian history fast forwarding and instead rebases a lot
for a cleaner history.
If we could figure out a way to collaborate on something like that well,
it might be a very interesting tool to have.
--Sam
