[Pkg-bazaar-maint] builddeb questions

[Reinhard Tartler]

James Westby <jw+debian at jameswestby.net> writes:

>
> So, I have just tried to implement this, but it is little trickier than
> I thought. It seems to be working quite well, but the native->non-native
> transition is a little strange. Taking the simple case:
>
>
>   packaging           *
>                      /
>   upstream ----*----*
>
>
> There is no link between the packaging branch and the packaging in the
> native package. This means that the history of debian/changelog is
> broken at this point (the file-ids are different in the two parts).
>
> You could have the packaging start with a merge
>
>   packaging      _----*
>                 /    /
>   upstream ----*----*
>
> but that seems slightly odd. I could also keep the file-ids the same,
> but not add the extra parent. This would associate the two parts, but
> again would be strange.

I think you mean by using what the option --file-ids-from from the `add'
command uses. That seems sound to me. What's strange about this?

> The other alternative is just not to bother, and leave the break in the
> history.

How is history broken from this? Granted, this creates a new 'root' in
some ways, but I don't see a problem with this.

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