Hi,
On 4/4/26 8:11 PM, Micha Lenk wrote:
As BACKPORTS-NEW queue reviewer I wouldn't like to see such differences between
the sid upload and the backport upload to be hidden from the debdiff output. I
fear this will also soon dilute transparency to our users due to often poorly
(or un-)documented effective changes in debian/changelog that are required to
facilitate the backport.
My concern is mostly that this adds another layer to the dsc <-> git
mapping, as the hierarchy of what we need to represent is extended:
upstream source
-> upstream source, with some files removed
-> patches to upstream source
-> debian directory contents
-> release
-> backport patches to source
-> backport patches to debian directory
-> backport release
plus collaboration commits on pretty much all of these layers
If we could flatten the backports layer by integrating it into the
regular packaging, that might be a lot easier. OTOH, we might as well
provision git tooling that includes support for a stack of backport
patches as well, so I have no strong feelings one way or the other.
Simon
