Bug#1007038: ng-utils: please consider upgrading to 3.0 source format

2022-03-11 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Lucas Nussbaum] > In that case, I don't understand why you don't use a native package > instead? (And 3.0 (native) ?) Mostly because native packages make NMUs with patches in d/patches/ harder. I am sure there is a better way to handle this, and welcome your suggestions and input. :) -- Happy

Bug#1007038: ng-utils: please consider upgrading to 3.0 source format

2022-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 11/03/22 at 09:41 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Dear Lucas, > > Not the worst of ideas, but it might be useful to keep in mind that the > reason I use the 1.0 source format is to be able to wrap up debian > packages directly from the upstream repository without releasing > upstrea

Bug#1007038: ng-utils: please consider upgrading to 3.0 source format

2022-03-11 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
Dear Lucas, Not the worst of ideas, but it might be useful to keep in mind that the reason I use the 1.0 source format is to be able to wrap up debian packages directly from the upstream repository without releasing upstream tarballs. The 3.0 (quilt) format is not suitable for this. It should

Bug#1007038: ng-utils: please consider upgrading to 3.0 source format

2022-03-10 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Source: ng-utils Version: 1.0-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: bookworm sid Usertags: format1.0 format1.0-kp-nv Dear maintainer, This package is among the few (1.9%) that still use source format 1.0 in bookworm. Please upgrade it to source format 3.0, as (1) this format has many advantages, as documen