[Pkg-postgresql-public] Comments regarding pg-dirtyread_1.3_amd64.changes

Christoph Berg myon at debian.org
Mon Sep 25 16:36:54 UTC 2017


Re: Chris Lamb 2017-09-25 <1506327842.2246848.1117103624.47CF3B5A at webmail.messagingengine.com>
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> > The deeper problem here is that "have debian/ inside upstream's git
> > tree" is really a pain
> 
> Indeed. My trade-offs of all the options *usually* results in going with
> *not* including debian/ in upstream's (ie. my!) git and having foo.git
> and pkg-foo.git.

Having to merge stuff all the time is exactly what I mean by "pain"
upthread. Making the package native instead makes builds from git Just
Work.

> Is this really so bad for your usecase? It is certainly more vanilla
> and straightforward... reducing the bus number for these important
> packages!

Not sure what you meant here. The package is maintained by the same
people independently from what the source format is.

Do you want me to change it before it can pass NEW?

Christoph



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