On 20/05/25 at 16:27 +0500, Andrey Rakhmatullin wrote: > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 11:07:03AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > I'm deeply concerned that the "surface area" of Debian packaging tools > > is too large already for new folk, and adding something like gwh into > > the archive makes that problem worse. > > > > I would really like to see an effort to improve gbp itself directly at > > least first. Have you tried to do that? > > > > > From the README, I see > > > > > I'm still in the process of turning these from a bunch of files in > > > my ~/bin and ~/.config and so on into something that can be of use > > > to more people. This warning will disappear once I'm confident most > > > of the rough edges have been smoothed out. > > > > IMHO, putting this in the archive is premature. > > > > I think most feedback on ITPs (like this) just goes into the void. Can I > > be explicit in asking you Roland, to withdraw this ITP, at least until > > you have exhausted options for improving gbp itself? > > Agreed.
I did not look into gwh, but if there are good reasons not to modify gbp directly (such as the willingness to maintain a stable interface), maybe a better alternative is to design & develop an alternative to gbp (and then see how it gains traction or not). Lucas
