Hello, On Tue 29 Oct 2019 at 08:32AM +01, Tobias Frost wrote:
>> For example, you would not be able to do this: >> git clone salsa:something >> cd something >> make some straightforward change >> git tag # } [1] >> git push # } >> Instead you would have to download the .origs and so on, and wait >> while your machine crunched about unpacking and repacking tarballs, >> applying patches, etc. > > <IMHO> > I'm missing a "and then I test my package to ensure it still works before > upload" step… > > I wonder how someone should test their packages when they do > not build it locally. > And if they do (as they should), the advantages you line > out are simply not there. > </IMHO> If you use `dpkg-buildpackage -b` to do your local tests, then the advantage of not having to go near any source packages remains. -- Sean Whitton
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