[Pkg-samba-maint] upstream svn merge howto

[Eloy Paris]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:09:37PM +0530, Christian Perrier wrote:

> Quoting Steve Langasek (vorlon at debian.org):
> 
> > I don't know if these instructions should be stored somewhere in the repo
> > itself, the way we store the patch refreshing instructions in the individual
> > patches?
> 
> I'd vote for something like this, yes.
> 
> Maybe opportunity to create a Packaging-HOWTO file in the repo?
> 
> That would help us to progressively add instruction on how to:
> - merge upstream
> - build packages for unstable
> - build packages for security updates 
> - tons of other things
> 
> Even though these should be known by any DD, I'm afraid that at least
> my bad memory doesn't help to remember many such things. Therefore,
> I'm doing most things by hand and probably lose some valuable time. I
> also lose time quite often, seeking for information here or there.

What about wiki.debian.org as the place to store this Packaging-HOWTO?

Cheers,

Eloy.-