On 03/06/2011 10:13 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 01:56:59AM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 01:33:45PM -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote: >>> Let me turn that around: why would you *not* want to use a Python based >>> dVCS? >>> <wink> >> Because the language of a tool shouldn't usually matter at all? >> Because git-buildpackage is widely used while mercurial-buildpackage is >> not? > > Well, it's not so widely used that 8 out of 10 git package repos I've > encountered don't fail miserably to do anything sensible with the default > git-buildpackage options. If the decision is for git, please take care with > the branch layout so that git-buildpackage *does* work out of the box,
*or* ship a proper config in the debian folder. > and > please *do* use the pristine-tar options. Some projects decide not to store upstream source in the repository - but if it is done, then yes please use pristine-tar. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d791425.7020...@bzed.de
