reopen 702405 tag 702405 wontfix thanks > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:10:18 +0100 > From: Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> > To: Jari Aalto <jari.aa...@cante.net>, 702405-d...@bugs.debian.org > Subject: Re: Bug#702405: quilt: Please use state directory .quilt (not .pc) > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) > > Hi, > > On Wed, 06 Mar 2013, Jari Aalto wrote: > > In next version, please consider moving to a more logical name for the > > state information directory: > > > > Quilt => .quilt > > Sorry, this won't happen. There are too many tools that rely on this > .pc directory, starting with dpkg-source. > > I agree it was a weird choice in the first place, but one that should > better be left alone.
This request is very reasonnable, and I prefer to keep it around for now instead of closing it. I was also wondering whether it would be very impossible to transition this directory name. I was thinking that maybe a solution using .pc if it exists and .quilt when creating it from scratch would be rather elegant. I quickly glanced through the dpkg-source sources, and it must be doable in there too. But that's definitely not a quick task doable over a friday night :) Raphael, do you think that I should look at the source harder and that it will really be difficult, or do you just think that the cosmetic advantage does not worth the mild difficulty, actually? Do we have a good test suite in dpkg-source, for example, or am I on my own to prepare the patch? What are the other tools that we should take care of if considering doing this? Bye, Mt -- Le monde est dangereux à vivre! Non pas tant à cause de ceux qui font le mal, mais à cause de ceux qui regardent et laissent faire. -- Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
