[Pkg-rrfw-general] CVS repository layout

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 09:50:53AM -0500, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Marc Haber wrote:
> >I agree with nuking completely, but would suggest migrating to svn
> >instead of continuing with CVS.
> 
> I have submitted a support request for the SVN repository creation 
> (request #301082).

Great.

One more thought - shouldn't we aim at changing the alioth project
name as well?

> >Only having the debian subdir in CVS makes using cvs-buildpackage
> >impossible, right? How does svn-buildpackage handle this development
> >model?
> 
> I don't really know, I have never used cvs-buildpackage.

It's a great tool.

> >How about using cdbs?
> 
> I am not too familiar with this one either. Is there a good reason why we 
> would need it? As we currently have a working build infrastructure, 
> including something else into it looks like a violation of the KISS 
> principle to me :-).

You never need anything in building a Debian package. You can only use
tools that ease package creation. cdbs is a big aid in creating policy
compliant packages since your debian/rules file is tiny and does The
Right Thing in most of the cases.

Take a look at my ser2net package which does use cdbs.

Its disadvantages are the lack of documentation and that you need to
be a make wizard to customize the build process.

Greetings
Marc

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