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Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT (was: PAPT Git)

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On 2016-08-10 10:18, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> Instead of
> accepting the merge, and resolving conflicts later on, git-dpm goes into
> the rebase conflict mode of Git, and it's often not obvious what to do
> there. Messing-up everything, and restart from scratch (and then iterate
> until done properly) isn't uncommon.

Been there, lost hours :~(

> As I only heard complains about git-dpm, maybe someone would like to
> express his joy using it, and explain why they think it's a nice tool.
> But is there such person? It seems git-dpm only brings frustration.

Well, in most cases I did not have any problems with it.
Points I like and would prefer not to change:
 - no need to use quilt
 - no special build command, just plain dpkg-bp or whatever

The idea to try something else in PAPT is very welcome from my
side, no matter what tool.

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pypi2deb 1.20160809 and --profile dpmt Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2016-08-09 21:30 +0200
  Re: pypi2deb 1.20160809 and --profile dpmt Daniel Stender <stender@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 00:00 +0200
    Re: pypi2deb 1.20160809 and --profile dpmt Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 00:10 +0200
    PAPT Git (was: pypi2deb 1.20160809 and --profile dpmt) "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 01:00 +0200
      Re: PAPT Git (was: pypi2deb 1.20160809 and --profile dpmt) Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 09:30 +0200
        Re: PAPT Git Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 09:40 +0200
        Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT (was:  PAPT Git) Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 10:20 +0200
          Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT (was:  PAPT Git) "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 11:00 +0200
          Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT (was: PAPT Git) Brian May <bam@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 12:50 +0200
            Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT (was:  PAPT Git) Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 16:20 +0200
          Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> - 2016-08-10 21:00 +0200
            Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 22:50 +0200
              Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2016-08-11 01:20 +0200
                Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-08-11 15:30 +0200
                Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2016-08-11 18:10 +0200
              Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2016-08-15 23:50 +0200
                Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-08-16 00:00 +0200
            Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2016-08-10 23:00 +0200
              Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Brian May <bam@debian.org> - 2016-08-12 12:40 +0200
            Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@sergiodj.net> - 2016-08-13 00:00 +0200
              Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-08-13 00:40 +0200
                Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@sergiodj.net> - 2016-08-16 22:40 +0200
                Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)  <umlaeute@debian.org> - 2016-08-31 23:50 +0200
                Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-09-02 21:20 +0200
  Re: pypi2deb 1.20160809 and --profile dpmt IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)  <umlaeute@debian.org> - 2016-08-31 23:50 +0200

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