Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Ole Streicher
Mo Zhou writes: > Is the recommendation working well under most circumstances? > I mean, different teams have already made their conventions > at these point, such as go team, rust team, nvidia team, etc. > These team designed "local" recommendations always adapt > well with special property of th

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Mo" == Mo Zhou writes: Mo> As you said, recommendations are merely recommendations. Debian Mo> developers customed to their own workflow may not necessarily Mo> follow the recommendations. However, the recommendation makes a Mo> difference for newbies or newcomers, if thei

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Mo Zhou
On 2019-09-25 07:15, Sam Hartman wrote: >> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: > > >> For several of these recommendations if I cannot get consensus, I > >> will call for a GR myself. > > Scott> What do you think is important enough in this area that you > Scott> would rather

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Scott Kitterman
On September 24, 2019 11:15:33 PM UTC, Sam Hartman wrote: >> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: > > >> For several of these recommendations if I cannot get consensus, I >>> will call for a GR myself. > >Scott> What do you think is important enough in this area that you >Scott

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Mo Zhou
On 2019-09-25 05:32, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > On 9/24/19 3:21 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 08:10:39AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: >>> For several of these recommendations if I cannot get consensus, I will >>> call for a GR myself. >> >> TBH, I'm not thrilled to read this, though

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: >> For several of these recommendations if I cannot get consensus, I >> will call for a GR myself. Scott> What do you think is important enough in this area that you Scott> would rather have people not contribute to Debian if they Scot

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 9/24/19 3:21 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 08:10:39AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: >> For several of these recommendations if I cannot get consensus, I will >> call for a GR myself. > > TBH, I'm not thrilled to read this, though of course it's in your rights > to do that.

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Hi, On 9/24/19 8:45 AM, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Why would it be unacceptable that the whole of the archive be maintained > in Git using Salsa? Wouldn't it be much nicer for everyone? basically because sometimes it makes sense to have packages on github (or gitlab, ...), close (or even within) ups

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Scott Kitterman
On September 24, 2019 12:10:39 PM UTC, Sam Hartman wrote: >> "Bernd" == Bernd Zeimetz writes: > >Bernd> On 7/23/19 7:31 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote: >>> 1- Mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser, meaning we do mandate using >>> Git for packaging. > > Bernd> why is that a reason for a G

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2019-09-24 Thread Debian FTP Masters
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Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Tue 24 Sep 2019 at 08:10AM -04, Sam Hartman wrote: > So, I agree that a GR would be the wrong approach if we thought that we > could get to a consensus strong enough for the policy editors. > > I also agree that the policy editors have the technical authority to use > a different (non-c

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Holger Levsen
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 08:10:39AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > For several of these recommendations if I cannot get consensus, I will > call for a GR myself. TBH, I'm not thrilled to read this, though of course it's in your rights to do that. (I'm afraid such GRs would cost a lot of time which co

Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

2019-09-24 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bernd" == Bernd Zeimetz writes: Bernd> On 7/23/19 7:31 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> 1- Mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser, meaning we do mandate using >> Git for packaging. Bernd> why is that a reason for a GR? its a question for the policy Bernd> editors. So, I agree t