[Pkg-opennebula-devel] GBP settings - Was: Re: opennebula-4.12.3

[Dmitry Smirnov]

On Thursday 06 August 2015 17:00:06 Olivier Berger wrote:
> I share some of the concerns about not using a fixed .orig tarball, and
> instead, using the HEAD of a branch called upstream (or a tag).

I do not understand what do you mean, sorry...


> However, it is really helpful to be able to git diff with upstream
> sources,check contents of upstream files at various stages, directly
> from withing the same working dir, to be able to create Debian patches,
> for instance (backporting, etc.).

I'm not sure how it is helpful. You can do all this in your local branches or 
in working directory (with "quilt" or without). Can you give an example 
please?


> So having upstream sources somewhere in the same repo helps sometimes.

I do not understand how it helps. One of the most annoying things about 
upstream sources in repository is when they are merged with "debian" folder 
in the "master" branch. It is much nicer when upstream sources are confined 
to "upstream" branch but when repository is big and/or when there are non-
DFSG files in upstream sources I'd rather have no "upstream" branch at all..

Importing multiple versions of repacked upstream tarball is an effort and 
such effort takes time from packaging with no added benefits...
At least I'm not aware of any benefits...


> >> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/pkg-opennebula/GitWorkflow
> > 
> > I haven't seen that one, thanks. You are right, instructions should be in
> > line with reality and it would be nice to update that page...
> 
> One more thing on the TODO ;-)

Don't count on me, I have no time to do that... :(

-- 
Cheers,
 Dmitry Smirnov.

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