Re: VCS (Was: Questions for all candidates)

2025-03-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Andreas Tille writes ("VCS (Was: Questions for all candidates)"): > Dear Jonathan, > > How do you feel about dgit > > As long as dgit is seen as just another interface (like gbp), I'm > perfectly fine with it. Ultimately, the choice depends on your workflow. > While I personally use gbp, I've seen

Re: Q to nominees: Rough plan on Debian/Ubuntu collaboration?

2025-03-19 Thread Soren Stoutner
On Sunday, March 16, 2025 2:51:24 PM Mountain Standard Time Julian Andres Klode wrote: > While we talk about line length limits, I literally had people give > up trying to interact because they never used a mailing list before > and are too scared of doing something wrong. That is a sad commentar

Re: DebConf

2025-03-19 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Hey, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote on 19/03/2025 at 20:46:12+0100: > Hi, > > Em 19/03/2025 08:15, Andreas Tille escreveu: >> I completely understand what you mean. In an ideal world, we could >> bring >> all relevant people together in one room, make decisions, and implement >> them seam

Re: Q to nominees: Rough plan on Debian/Ubuntu collaboration?

2025-03-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On March 19, 2025 5:16:30 PM GMT+01:00, Andreas Tille wrote: >Hi Julian, > >Am Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 05:10:01PM +0100 schrieb Julian Andres Klode: >> >> No, git-ubuntu imports the unapplied tree, roughly similar to what >> gbp import-dsc would do. > >What will happen if a package has Vcs fields se

Re: Q to nominees: Rough plan on Debian/Ubuntu collaboration?

2025-03-19 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Julian, Am Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 05:10:01PM +0100 schrieb Julian Andres Klode: > > No, git-ubuntu imports the unapplied tree, roughly similar to what > gbp import-dsc would do. What will happen if a package has Vcs fields set to Salsa when using git-ubuntu? Is it just cloning the Salsa reposi

Re: Q to nominees: Rough plan on Debian/Ubuntu collaboration?

2025-03-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Matthias Urlichs writes ("Re: Q to nominees: Rough plan on Debian/Ubuntu collaboration?"): > On 16.03.25 22:51, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > Ubuntu has almost-universal git access to all source packages now, a > > contributor can for most part just `git ubuntu clone` a repository, > > make some

Re: Q to nominees: Rough plan on Debian/Ubuntu collaboration?

2025-03-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 07:35:03AM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > On 16.03.25 22:51, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > Ubuntu has almost-universal git access to all source packages now, a > > contributor can for most part just `git ubuntu clone` a repository, > > make some changes and then submit a

VCS (Was: Questions for all candidates)

2025-03-19 Thread Andreas Tille
Dear Jonathan, I'm continuing with your next set of questions for the topic VCS. You can find my answer about the Community team question here[1]. > 2. VCS > > Salsa has been stable for a number of years now, and git is clearly a good > choice of default VCS (even though not perfect or preferred

Colour of installation media (Was: Questions for all candidates)

2025-03-19 Thread Andreas Tille
Dear Jonathan, this is my last chunk of answers where I'm basically bundling question topic 4. and 5. Am Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 03:01:38PM +0200 schrieb Jonathan Carter: > 4. Installation media > > It's amazing how much Linux distributions offer in the variations of > installation media (like ISO

DebConf (Was: Questions for all candidates)

2025-03-19 Thread Andreas Tille
Dear Jonathan, Am Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 03:01:38PM +0200 schrieb Jonathan Carter: > 3. DebConf > > DebConf is great. I hate the process of getting a visa to travel (often at > least a whole day's worth of admin), and I don't like airports or travel by > plane (which is usually at least two days in

Community Team (Re: Questions for all candidates)

2025-03-19 Thread Andreas Tille
Dear Jonathan, Am Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 03:01:38PM +0200 schrieb Jonathan Carter: > Firstly, thanks for stepping up for running for DPL. Says someone who's been serving for four terms in a row. ;-) (And I'd like to take this chance to thank you for that as well.) Thank you for your many questions

Re: Q to nominees: Rough plan on Debian/Ubuntu collaboration?

2025-03-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
On 16.03.25 22:51, Julian Andres Klode wrote: Ubuntu has almost-universal git access to all source packages now, a contributor can for most part just `git ubuntu clone` a repository, make some changes and then submit a merge request. Done. Does this mean that Ubuntu's typical packages's git rep