[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Switching the git repository to git-buildpackage

[Michael Stapelberg]

Hi Tollef,

Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg at debian.org> writes:

> Hi Tollef,
>
> Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen at err.no> writes:
>>> Michael Stapelberg [2014-02-12  8:38 +0100]:
>>> > Myself, I have been frustrated with gitpkg numerous times, but that’s
>>> > mostly because of a lack of experience with it, I think.
>>> 
>>> Heh, amen. But indeed this is quite a bit of a blocker for
>>> contributions.
>>
>> Then we should make it so people can usefully contribute with it.  I
>> don't think git-buildpackage supports our workflow properly.
> I do think it does. At least the way I think manifests itself much
> better in git-buildpackage than in gitpkg.
>
> In any case, I don’t think the minor differences in how the tools work
> is worth using the non-popular tool. Both tools allow you to do roughly
> the same thing, with each of them having some things easier, some things
> harder.
>
>>> Would that also entail moving to a proper 3.0 (quilt) layout? As it is
>>> now, it is impossible to see which changes the Debian package has
>>> against upstream, grouped by hunks which conceptually belong together
>>> (i. e. what pretty much every other package in the archive does).
>>
>> It does that already.
> Not in a form that is compatible with the Debian patch-tracker or
> someone who is not familiar with how gitpkg works.
>
> So, again, I’m asking whether I can go ahead and propose a plan on how
> to switch to git-buildpackage? I’d really like to see this happening.
Friendly ping.

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Best regards,
Michael