[Pkg-javascript-devel] libv8 upstream branches and git-buildpackage

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:06:23AM +0100, Jérémy Lal wrote:
>gbp layout in collab-maint/libv8
>--------------------------------
>
>* master, upstream
>  current work on latest upstream libv8, meant to be uploaded to 
>  /experimental/
>* 2.2/master, 2.2/upstream
>  that's libv8 in squeeze
>* 2.5/master, 2.5/upstream
>  and in testing/unstable
>
>I added debian/gbp.conf in each debian branch to make sure 
>git-buildpackage is happy.

I would prefer to name packaging branches after the Debian suites rather 
that upstream branches, and also to prefix with the main default gbp 
branch names to ease tab-completion.

Therefore I recommend to change to the following layout:

* pristine-tar
   single branch used for all pristine-tar imports
* master, upstream
   head of "main" packaging development, i.e. for Debian unstable
* master-experimental, upstream-experimental
   head of "experimental" packaging, i.e. for Debian experimental

This way we can reuse branches instead of leaving behind an (irrelevant, 
IMO) trail of branches behind for each upstream branch that we choose to 
work on.


  - Jonas

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