Bug#729956: git-dpm (was Re: Bug#729956: Forwarded upstream)

[Scott Kitterman]

On September 6, 2017 5:16:13 PM EDT, Yuri D'Elia <wavexx at thregr.org> wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 06 2017, Andreas Tille wrote:
>>> But just to confirm, I see that statsmodels is just using
>>> git-buildpackage?
>>
>> Yes.
>
>Ok, that's reassuring. I'll have a look at the packaging, since I'm
>already on alioth.
>
>But since DPMT is CC-ed (I normally follow via gmane), I take the
>occasion to say that I _really_ _REALLY_ wished the recommendation on
>git-dpm to be reconsidered, or at least relaxed.
>
>For a newcomer, git-dpm is overkill and underdocumented.
>>From an outsider, making a Debian package already looks daunting.
>git-dpm does not help.
>
>On the other hand, git-buildpackage is a relatively smooth progression
>from quilt, and it does provide some added convenience.

Conveniently, we already decided to switch:

https://wiki.debian.org/Python/GitPackagingPQ

Scott K