[Pkg-sass-devel] Packaging ruby-sassc

[Manas Kashyap]

I have patched the git in gemspec file , but i am not getting how to repack
it with the gbp.conf , a little guidance would be great .

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 11:15 PM Manas Kashyap <manaskashyaptech at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, I'll check it out.
>
> On Sun 24 Mar, 2019, 11:05 PM Jonas Smedegaard, <jonas at jones.dk> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Manas Kashyap (2019-03-24 18:15:52)
>> > I have patched other git written parts but not getting how to patch he
>> line
>> > number 38 in
>> > https://salsa.debian.org/sass-team/ruby-sassc/blob/master/sassc.gemspec
>> ,
>> > any lead on how to remove this or what does this line means here would
>> be
>> > great .
>> > Because i am not getting what is meant by this git submodule line 38.
>> > Any lead would be great Please
>>
>> Just reading it like pseudo-code it seems that line wants to traverse
>> down through every git submodule to gather information from those...
>>
>> Assuming you don't want to use git submodules in the packaging, I guess
>> that code is unusable and should be patched away.
>>
>> Related to that:
>>
>> I notice that you packaged the project with upstream .gitmodule file and
>> other .git* hints preserved: That may cause you headaches later when
>> using git for packaging where you most likely have different opinion on
>> what should be in git submodules (nothing!) and what should be ignored
>> (nothing!).
>>
>> I recommend to repackage with .git* files stripped. I do that by adding
>> a debian/gbp.conf file, see e.g. the ruby-sass package.
>>
>>
>>  - Jonas
>>
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