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

[Jérémy Lal]

On 12/02/2011 11:57, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> 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.

Good for me, i will also add
* master-stable, upstream-stable
  head of "stable" packaging, used for t-p-u or security fixes

Compared to the actual layout, i'm sorry to say i'm gonna need
to rename master to master-experimental, and i believe git clones
won't be happy with that.

Jérémy.