Hi Philip (2024.05.21_10:05:59_+0000) > Attempts at top-down imposition of new methods on Debian strike me as > being unlikely to induce joy in anyone involved.
Yeah, that doesn't fly in community projects like Debian at all. However, there is a gap between getting a DEP approved and getting the rest of the project to fully embrace it. That's something that takes some leadership in the project. DPLs are in a great position to help drive these changes forward. > I suspect that there's a decent chunk of developers who generally just > follow the status quo of every package they work on, without fuss. Yeah, probably most. > I rather like dgit for reducing the extent I have to think about this > sort of thing, but I note that at least one person in this thread seems > vexed by it, so we cannot even agree on the merits of that, apparently. On the other hand, dgit is only useful if you have a certain view of the world, that hasn't aligned with how I've done Debian packaging. I mean, an entirely git-centric view where you let go of trying to maintain your patch stack. So, I've only very briefly played with it. I imagine many in the project have similarly little experience using it. The tricky thing with tools like this is that you need to invest a lot of time using the tool to really get a feel for what it's good / bad at. You probably need to use it to maintain a complex package, for a while. Stefano -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272
