On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 12:21:16AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > If you suggest that using "debian/latest" should *not* be done by > default, then it seems that requires reverting changes to DEP-14.
yes. dep14 currently says "that uploads to unstable and experimental should
be prepared either in the debian/latest branch or respectively in the
debian/unstable and debian/experimental branches."
I think it should (instead) recommend debian/unstable (for uploads to unstable)
(and in very brief) allow any debian/* branch layout & probably specifically
name certain common ones.
> Personally, I don't see a problem in finalizing DEP-14 with its current
> wording, but I might miss something (more generally relevant than "let's
> just all use git-buildpackage" which I don't think is what you are
> saying here).
my biggest problem with dep14 is that it doesnt recommend *one* layout. my
biggest problem with how I see that interpreted is that I think debian/unstable
is much better than debian/latest *as a default recommendation*.
because IMO debian/latest is rather *not* helpful when uploads to experimental
are involved. and because debian/unstable is rather very clear what this
branch is about.
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cheers,
Holger
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