[Pkg-phototools-devel] libgphoto2 git history merge

[wferi at debian.org]

Andreas Metzler <ametzler at bebt.de> writes:

> On 2020-03-15 wferi at debian.org wrote:
>
>> Thanks for accepting me into the team.  Before I do any further harm:
>> does anybody object against merging the upstream git history into the
>> upstream branch of libgphoto2?  I've already pushed that (but not
>> master) to Salsa so you can see there what I mean.  Basically, I did
>>
>> $ gbp import-orig --upstream-vcs-tag=v2.5.24 --uscan
>>
>> This helps with finding and moving patches to or from upstream in my
>> experience, but I don't want to needlessly disrupt the team workflow.
>
> Afaiui PhotoTools is loosely integrated, sharing a GIT name space and
> mailing list and having somebody step in when things really go downhill.
> So I would suggest trying to coordinate with the uploaders of the
> respective packages (I suspect hpfn is inactive, though) before making
> disruptive changes to the GIT repository.

Sure, I hope this upload will close the RC bug, then I'll probably stop
for a while waiting for feedback.  Though hpfn is "blocked" in the group
members list, I wonder what that means and how it came around...
-- 
Thanks,
Feri