[SCM] website branch, master, updated. 7a494efb6f76d83349473b87814e1aa1952f48d6

Bas Couwenberg sebastic at xs4all.nl
Sat Jan 4 02:43:11 UTC 2014


The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 7a494efb6f76d83349473b87814e1aa1952f48d6
Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl>
Date:   Sat Jan 4 02:35:22 2014 +0100

    Move 'Other branches' section below 'Common Git repository structures'. Include examples for OSGeo-Live and other derivatives.

diff --git a/policy.xml b/policy.xml
index 399fb5d..294baab 100644
--- a/policy.xml
+++ b/policy.xml
@@ -289,6 +289,31 @@ pkg-grass/
         In case you use <command>git-dch</command> for the changelog entries,
         don't forget to use it when you stop working on the package.
       </para>
+      <sect3 id="git-branches">
+        <title>Other branches</title>
+        <para>
+          Changes uploaded to other distributions than
+          <literal>unstable</literal> can be stored in other branches,
+          named for instance <literal>experimental</literal>,
+          <literal>jessie</literal>, etc.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+          Packaging for the
+          <link linkend="ubuntugis-ppa">UbuntuGIS PPA</link> is encouraged to
+          be stored in Ubuntu release specific branches such as
+          <literal>ubuntu/raring</literal>,
+          <literal>ubuntu/quantal</literal>, etc.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+          Likewise packaging for
+          <link linkend="derivatives">other derivatives</link>
+          can be maintained in the Debian GIS git repository in derivative
+          specific branches.
+          OSGeo-Live for example can use branches such as
+          <literal>osgeo/7.0</literal>,
+          <literal>osgeo/8.0</literal>, etc.
+        </para>
+      </sect3>
       <sect3 id="git-buildpackage">
         <title><command>git-buildpackage</command></title>
         <para>
@@ -340,22 +365,6 @@ pkg-grass/
           to document the layout of the repository.
         </para>
       </sect3>
-      <sect3 id="git-branches">
-        <title>Other branches</title>
-        <para>
-          Changes uploaded to other distributions than
-          <literal>unstable</literal> can be stored in other branches,
-          named for instance <literal>experimental</literal>,
-          <literal>jessie</literal>, etc.
-        </para>
-        <para>
-          Packaging for the
-          <link linkend="ubuntugis-ppa">UbuntuGIS PPA</link> is encouraged to
-          be stored in Ubuntu release specific branches such as
-          <literal>ubuntu/raring</literal>,
-          <literal>ubuntu/quantal</literal>, etc.
-        </para>
-      </sect3>
     </sect2>
     <sect2 id="git-tips">
       <title>Git tips</title>
@@ -820,6 +829,11 @@ lintian ../build-area/*changes
         source packages. The right way to build Debian packages is described in
         <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/">Debian New Maintainers' Guide</ulink>.
       </para>
+      <para>
+        See also the
+        <ulink url="http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-grass/package_template.git">package template</ulink>
+        in our Git repository.
+      </para>
     </sect2>
     <sect2 id="itp">
       <title>Announcing intent to package</title>
@@ -853,7 +867,7 @@ lintian ../build-area/*changes
       </para>
     </sect2>
     <sect2 id="ubuntugis-ppa">
-      <title>PPA for Ubuntu</title>
+      <title>PPA for Ubuntu by UbuntuGIS</title>
       <para>
         The <ulink url="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis">UbuntuGIS</ulink>
         team maintains Personal Package Archives (PPA) on Launchpad, where
@@ -897,6 +911,10 @@ lintian ../build-area/*changes
         <code><upstreamversion>-0<derivativename><derivativerevision></code>
         (which is the versioning scheme usually used by Ubuntu).
       </para>
+      <para>
+        Packages for derivatives may be kept as
+        <link linkend="git-branches">branches</link> in our repositories.
+      </para>
     </sect2>
     <sect2 id="r-packages">
       <title>R packages</title>

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