[SCM] Debian packaging for jack-audio-connection-kit branch, master.jackd2, updated. debian/1.9.4+svn3842-2-41-g15d16a4

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 07:58:30PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 16:36:12 (CEST), Felipe Sateler wrote:
>
>>>> Until we have a clear idea on how format 3.0 (quilt) should be used 
>>>> with git-buildpackage, I'd suggest to revert this change.


>> If one does not use --export-dir git-buildpackage fails miserably.
>
>I've never used that option, but after reading git-buildpackage(1), I'm 
>not sure if this helps.


On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 02:08:49PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:

>If you do not have the patches applied, it works. I have been working
>like this for the csound package.

...together with me :-)


>Jonas, perhaps you answer these questions:
>
> - do you commit the quilt control directory .pc/?
>
> - do you commit the tree with patches applied?
>
> - if not, is everyone expected to run 'quilt pop -a' before committing
>  changes to the tree?

So there is your answer to the questions: No - I commit unapplied 
patches, not applied ones or quilt noise!

I use git-buildpackage, not topgit!



>Sorry, I still think this mode of operation is pretty silly. I'd much 
>prefer if the patches were maintained by git-buildpackage as proper git 
>commits instead of text files. Upon source package generation, these 
>commits need to be exported as quilt patches of course. This way, 
>updating to a new upstream version would use git's conflict resolution 
>mechanisms instead of quilt (which can only merge 2-way, git can do a 
>3-way merge).
>
>I guess other VCS systems like hg or bzr at least try something in that 
>directions (although I have to admit that I didn't follow the latest 
>developments there).

You are free to find git-buildpackage silly, and prefer different VCSes 
altogether.

Am I free to not find it silly?  As part of this team?


Kind regards,

  - Jonas

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