[DRE-maint] Bug#785106: gem2deb: implement dh-make-ruby --refresh

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Package: gem2deb
Version: 0.15
Severity: wishlist

14:00 < lucas> terceiro: any objections to adding dh-make-ruby --refresh, that moves away debian/, creates fresh content, merge the 
               changelog, and point to how to use meld to merge the rest manually?
14:02 < terceiro> lucas: I would copy (not move) debian/ away, and then overwrite it's contents. This way you keep files that were 
                  added by the maintainer but that dh-make-ruby would not create otherwise
14:03 < terceiro> make the merging easier IMO
14:03 < terceiro> lucas: if debian/ exists, I think that coud even be the default behavior
14:03 < lucas> terceiro: I've tried both approaches. the problem with copying is that you don't know if there are obsolete files around
14:03 < terceiro> hm
14:03 < lucas> meld + Copy to left / copy to right works better imho
14:03 < lucas> in terms of workflow
14:04 < terceiro> for me overwrite then `git diff` would work
14:05 < lucas> I can see if it's easy to implement both
14:05 < lucas> it probably is
14:06 < terceiro> lucas: cool, I don't have a strong position though
14:06 < terceiro> lucas: does making --refresh the default behavior when debian/ already exists sound sane?
14:07 < lucas> I think so, yes
14:07 < terceiro> nice

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable'), (300, 'unstable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gem2deb depends on:
ii  build-essential      11.7
ii  debhelper            9.20150101
ii  devscripts           2.15.3
ii  gem2deb-test-runner  0.16
ii  perl                 5.20.2-3
ii  ruby                 1:2.1.5
ii  ruby-all-dev         1:2.1.5
ii  ruby-setup           3.4.1-7

Versions of packages gem2deb recommends:
ii  apt-file  2.5.4

gem2deb suggests no packages.

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