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From: Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
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Subject: Re: lintian and team uploads
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 05:00:02 +0200
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On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 10:31:23 PM Julien Puydt wrote:
> Le mardi 29 sept. 2015 =C3=A0 15:51:44 (-0400), Barry Warsaw a =C3=A9=
crit :
> > On Sep 29, 2015, at 09:46 PM, Piotr O=C5=BCarowski wrote:
> > >(and remember to remove DPMT from debian/control if it's not in SV=
N ;P)
> >=20
> > Given that the final git migration is imminent (really! otherwise I=
'm
> > going to scream ;), can we not force people to go through this chur=
n
> > right now?
> Indeed, I find that offensive : if git is a better tool than subversi=
on,
> and if it's going to be used, what's the point?
>=20
> > Yes, let's discourage any new packages from manually migrating or s=
tarting
> > out in git just until flag day.  But I'm not sure it's worth removi=
ng
> > DPMT on existing repos just to add it back, hopefully RSN.
>=20
> I would like to make some points clear:
> 1. I wouldn't have contributed a single package in subversion, as it'=
s just
> too cumbersome to use. I liked svn when it replaced cvs, but not so m=
uch
> since I started using git.
> 2. When I saw the DPMT policy mentioned only subversion, I asked arou=
nd
> (can't remember if it was just on IRC or on this ml) and was told it =
was ok
> to use git since the migration was bound to happen sooner or later.
> 3. Afterwards, being just a DM, I sent RFS mails through this very li=
st in
> which I generally gave the Vcs-* fields from the d/control files, whi=
ch
> clearly showed I used git : no complaint about it.
> 4. Those package got sponsored without complaint about it either.
>=20
> So you'll understand that getting flames (even with smileys) about it=

> now is quite annoying.
>=20
> I still have a series of things I plan to package for Debian ; those =
are
> Python Modules, and I'll use git. If that's a problem for the Debian
> Python Modules Team, can you point me to a more appropriate team?

Just chill out and have a little patience.  What VCS gets used just doe=
sn't=20
make that much different for most things we need to do.  If you can't b=
ring=20
yourself to commit to svn, then just have a bit of patience.

Scott K