]] Steve Langasek
| > Given I maintain my packages in git, it's quite clear that the preferred
| > form for modification of my packages is through git and not debian
| > source packages. That we don't have a good way of distributing the
| > source of packages is a fault I think we should address
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011, Charles Plessy wrote:
> If in a large number of cases where one would like to turn off the patch
> system
> of the 3.0 (quilt) format, the source package is stored in a Git repository,
> then one way to move forward would be to make the format 3.0 (git) available
> in Debian.
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Charles Plessy wrote:
> If in a large number of cases where one would like to turn off the patch
> system
> of the 3.0 (quilt) format, the source package is stored in a Git repository,
> then one way to move forward would be to make the format 3.0 (git) available
Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> - Debian is about freedom.
> - Debian is about giving back.
Well! It's very interesting to have work that I have done, in the vain
hope of somehow finding another way to make Debian better, elicit
push-back like this. I suppose this will influence me some way or other,
ca
]] "Bernhard R. Link"
| * Tollef Fog Heen [110924 16:16]:
| > I find reviewing what's changed between two arbitrary versions in git
| > much easier than doing the same with debian source packages, so I think
| > it's pretty clear this is a matter of preference.
|
| But if it is some other versi
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 04:16:21PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> | - Debian is about freedom. Freedom in software is about about enabling
> | people to "scratch their itch", to modify the software to suite their
> | need and what they consider best for them.
> Yes, and to continue that threa
Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> * Michael Gilbert [110924 20:24]:
> > Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> >
> > > * Tollef Fog Heen [110924 16:16]:
> > > > I find reviewing what's changed between two arbitrary versions in git
> > > > much easier than doing the same with debian source packages, so I think
> > >
* Michael Gilbert [110924 20:24]:
> Bernhard R. Link wrote:
>
> > * Tollef Fog Heen [110924 16:16]:
> > > I find reviewing what's changed between two arbitrary versions in git
> > > much easier than doing the same with debian source packages, so I think
> > > it's pretty clear this is a matter of
Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> * Tollef Fog Heen [110924 16:16]:
> > I find reviewing what's changed between two arbitrary versions in git
> > much easier than doing the same with debian source packages, so I think
> > it's pretty clear this is a matter of preference.
>
> But if it is some other vers
* Tollef Fog Heen [110924 16:16]:
> I find reviewing what's changed between two arbitrary versions in git
> much easier than doing the same with debian source packages, so I think
> it's pretty clear this is a matter of preference.
But if it is some other version control system, which is easier t
* Timo Juhani Lindfors [110924 12:17]:
> I always just alien --to-tgz the SRPM and then I see each patch as a
> separate file.
Ever tried to install rpm on a system you do not have root on?
Bernhard R. Link
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Tollef Fog Heen writes ("Re: Format 3.0 (git)"):
> I don't put much weight on the «it should be simple to hack on packages
> and VCSes make it hard» argument. IME, there are many more people who
> know how to drive git than there are people who know how to usefully
&
]] "Bernhard R. Link"
| * Charles Plessy [110924 08:30]:
| > If in a large number of cases where one would like to turn off the patch
system
| > of the 3.0 (quilt) format, the source package is stored in a Git repository,
| > then one way to move forward would be to make the format 3.0 (git) av
Hi Bernhard.
If I may briefly summarise your objections against the source format 3.0 (git):
1) It increases the risk of distributing non-free files.
2) It reduces our user's freedom to modify the software we redistribute,
because they may not be comfortable with git.
3) Compared to 3.0
"Bernhard R. Link" writes:
> It has been better at that than rpm where you always look for
> another perl script in the net that is able to make a cpio out of
> that version of source rpm you run into, so you can actually look at
> what they do.
I always just alien --to-tgz the SRPM and t
* Charles Plessy [110924 08:30]:
> If in a large number of cases where one would like to turn off the patch
> system
> of the 3.0 (quilt) format, the source package is stored in a Git repository,
> then one way to move forward would be to make the format 3.0 (git) available
> in Debian. What are
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