[SCM] libav/master: Bug fix: "Multi-Arch: foreign libraries", thanks to Stepan Golosunov.

[Felipe Sateler]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Reinhard Tartler <siretart at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been trying out the commit hook that the dpkg guys are using.
> Essentially, it sends email such as the following:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680613#49
>
> I espc. like that the script automatically mails the bug submitter
> with a link to the commitdiff to invite him to review the change.

I like the idea a lot.

>
> However, I dislike the fact that the script requires to edit
> debian/changelog and the actual change in the same change.

Dpkg indeed uses that workflow, with a git merge driver for
debian/changelog (that's how they avoid the inevitable conflicts). I
think I still prefer generating debian/changelog later. If only
because it "forces" to write a reasonable commit log.

> I guess
> this could be fixed in the script somehow if someone wanted to invest
> some energy in that, though.
>
> For consistency with the other pkg-multimedia branches, I've disabled
> that hook again now. If we want it, I think we should enable it for
> all repositories, not only for libav.git.
>
> So, what do you think about this. Is this something we want to
> implement team-wide?

I'd say that yes, I want us to implement that team-wide. However, I'm
personally unlikely to implement it, at least in the short term.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler