GBP team policies

[Scarlett Moore]

On Sunday, June 28, 2020 6:18:02 AM MST Pino Toscano wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In data martedì 16 giugno 2020 19:04:21 CEST, Scarlett Moore ha scritto:
> > I am trying to sort out gbp and have it working mostly now. However,
> > I am also trying to comply with team policy and I now see I may have
> > messed up some of my repos:
> > https://qt-kde-team.pages.debian.net/gitguidelines.html
> > States no upstream in public space, does this include upstream and
> > pristine- tar branches? This write up looks rather dated and doesn't
> > include a workflow for gbp. I am rather liking the gbp workflow so any
> > advice is appreciated.
> As also Lisandro wrote, we generally don't use gbp, and personally I
> prefer to not use it:
> - it makes the repository bigger
> - since upstreams come with signing keys these days, the key is not
>   stored inside the repo, so you still need to save files outside of it
>   (and thus only the repo is not sufficient for the uploads)
> 
> You're right, that page might get an update, although from my POV the
> basic idea (avoid upstream code) should still be there.
> 
> If you are maintaining an existing gbp repo, then please make sure that:
> - the tags are signed
> - not switch it away from gbp to debian-only layout, as it becomes a
>   mess when browsing through its history
> (As followup of the point above: please do not switch to gbp a
> debian-only repository, for the same reason.)

Oh ok, will avoid this from here on out.  I have sorted out using gbp locally 
while leaving our public repos alone.
Thanks all for your insights :)
Scarlett


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Scarlett Moore
gpg: 7C35 920F 1CE2 899E 8EA9  AAD0 2E7C 0367 B9BF A089
Software Engineer @ Blue Systems
Debian Maintainer developer in training.
Netrunner PM
KDE Developer
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