[pkg-wpa-devel] changing pkg-wpa SVN layout

[Reinhard Tartler]

Kel Modderman <kelrin at tpg.com.au> writes:
>> Btw, as an informal poll, have you already used git? I haven't yet, but
>> I noticed that hostap upstream has recently switched to git and I wonder
>> if it was a good idea to use it for our packaging work as well. I expect
>> that this would make cherrypicking changes from upstream easier.
>
> No, I am also a git virgin. Indeed, it would be kinda handy to use now that 
> Jouni uses it has his VCS of choice.
>
> The main turn-off i've gathered from various blogs and mailing list comments 
> about it have been a mixed bag, and most criticise its documentation. But 
> hey, I certainly did not learn SVN by reading the redbook, I just learnt by 
> using it, I guess the same will apply to git.
>
> There is a git service offered to debian developers now no? If so, we should 
> definitely consider using it (git ;-) in the future, or at least have a go at 
> setting up our packaging stuff and see how we like it. What do you think?
>
> Have you come by any resources describing debian package maintenance and git 
> that are worth a look? I just grabbed git-buildpackage, it looks like an 
> extremely familiar tool.

I've only seen git-buildpackage from the packages list, I haven't used
it either. I'll see if I find some time to experiment with it a bit and
will report back.

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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4