Quoting Chris Hofstaedtler (2024-08-17 22:45:59) > > > Additionally, in my opinion debian/latest is a mistake we should > > > not recommend. > > > > Please elaborate why you consider it a mistake. That's not obvious > > to me. > > "latest" is illnamed.
Thanks for that (small) elaboration. > What do you expect to find in a branch thats called debian/latest? > > Packaging for unstable? For experimental? What if both evolve in > parallel? Yes, some packages do that. I expect that the latest *long-term* changes to reside in debian/latest, whereas debian/unstable and debian/experimental I expect to contain short-lived deviations. Just as is described in DEP-14. I find that sensible: Sometimes I temporarily push my long-term work to experimental, and keep the git branch name. Except then maybe, while that long-term work is still settling (maybe testsuite fails, or maybe it is waiting for NEW queue approval) a need arise for a quick fix targeted unstable, in which case I branch off as debian/unstable temporararily. Other times I make an experiment, i.e. something that I don't expect will last, in which case I right away branch off as debian/experimental. Kind regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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