Hi, On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 09:39:01AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 05:26:31AM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote: > > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 10:04:01PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > <snip> > > > My personal pet peeve is the difference between the source package and the > > > packaging git repository contents. Those two especially differ in the > > > state > > > of patches: They're applied in the unpacked source package, and not > > > applied > > > in the packed source package and in the git repository contents. That is > > > for > > > me a constant source of confusion and it would be nice if your document > > > would contain an explanation. > > <snip> > > > > Isn't this what dgit is supposed to solve? > > Even with dgit you still have a source package, and the dgit docs are full > of distinction between patches-applied and patches-unapplied. dgit is one of > the reasons why you NEED to know that.
A, indeed. Otoh the dgit-people feel a source package should be treated as an intermediate build artifact; not something to be consumed by humans. The problem dgit solves (afaiu) is: one can be sure the git thing one gets from dgit is of the expected format wrt the patches. Bye, Joost
