On Mon, 2024-05-20 at 20:47 +0000, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > > > All these things should make it much more easy for other people or > > automated tools to send merge requests or keep maintaining a > > package in > > case the original maintainer becomes MIA. > > > Mandating a specific git layout is a big jump from not requiring a > VCS at all.
yes, its a big jump, but we are in 2024 and a modern workflow should be expected from a modern distribution. > Do you really think we should remove packages from Debian which don't > conform to a specific layout (in my mind, that's the implication of > mandating it)? no, a grace period is absolutely needed of course. I would start with rejecting NEW uploads and at some point move to automatic upload by git tag only. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F
