Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Barry Warsaw Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: How to maintain multiple branches (sid/bpo/exp etc)? Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 01:30:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Tue Nov 3 00:26:21 2015 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -5 Organization: The Organization of Unorganized Woozalists X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.12.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/13139 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20151102182603.1faa5954@anarchist Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 24 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 18:26:03 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <20151102182603.1faa5954@anarchist> X-Original-References: <20151102155740.31fdee03@anarchist> <20151102174343.1f677f6a@anarchist> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:7826 On Nov 03, 2015, at 12:03 AM, Sandro Tosi wrote: >1. I have a simple package, which I keep maintaining with the usual >'master' and 'upstream' branches, but then the testing freeze will >come and I want to start uploading to experimental, at that point I >need to change the layout of the repo (annoying, but I am the >maintainer, I can do that I guess) If you don't think you'll need to upload to unstable during the freeze, then I think it's probably okay to put experimental changes on master. I did this during the last freeze and it worked out okay. I guess it's a bit of a gamble though. >2. what if I am not the package maintainer tough? I cannot enforce a >new layout to that repo. take this real-life example sqlalchemy: I >asked Piotr for a jessie backport of 1.0.8, he agreed I can go ahead, >I have a package ready and I dont know how to commit it to the repo. >what should I do at this point? I guess the maintainer has to give you permission to rename the branches, or at least to add a debian/jessie branch for the backport. Cheers, -Barry