Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Brian May Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: using git-dpm or plain git-buildpackage in PAPT and DPMT Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:40:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Fri Aug 12 10:33:49 2016 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.579 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FOURLA=0.1, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, MURPHY_DRUGS_REL8=0.02, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: DYN_NJABL=ERR(0) NOT_IN_SBL_XBL_SPAMHAUS=-1.5 BL_NJABL=ERR(-1.5) CL_IP_EQ_HELO_IP=-2 (check from: .microcomaustralia. - helo: .mail-pa0-x241.google. - helo-domain: .google.) FROM/MX_MATCHES_NOT_HELO(DOMAIN)=0; rate: -5 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=microcomaustralia.com.au; s=google; h=sender:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:organization:references :user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=J/eIVjsLGaG2jlumgNqp8lwyr4kGmMhzn1K5g9Woal4=; b=Sx/wuU3CMie++ogHjviMMyi6Rez790O3uXvkJaIEmFKHnoj36b6m1pFT7/L72jyiA6 pG9R+b+OENVIlUEoTHc0piZ1URmsTSgkmIBr43eBqHu9DxZL0B5yPN8qWpsoKEunuhtn 9gBxWWNHOerczgpDVpce8cJcw8swar55ztmII= X-Google-Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:organization :references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=J/eIVjsLGaG2jlumgNqp8lwyr4kGmMhzn1K5g9Woal4=; b=U3HZdnZqB8q/PBuhNnWir9pPMtV2s080nqO2bxfAWpfJu8Jk+tAghqFvztfURWCTyV cHZjho8jO9Wlu0QTCZ1yRRuUvSZWO2RfMpL1VO2mirrkZoRF+bDtfmnvdX5qd/md92p8 GTesqxyFnLNG4acECfMhS2ejy3lQvs/kJviOqy+zUpvcbfQGX01OGSwj9ae6I+vXBkGL o+ZrB8bodw4+GpX6771tItL8RB6JNfLwy33Oqbu0yCJfksY5qAXrIp7zpjLbdmqSX24E VNDRlswor2YKAissFdvJ6ZrRWiNNygrN4FzR2drKSSxMHydemiqY2X56L4iyqvxUT3jz QnHw== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkooutjRds9FgSE2LZ2HrfiJ+UhBmo26zW4z1m0Ug8Yxa4xUMZ165hOuqM7jcSvwy7AGw== X-Received: by 10.66.62.164 with SMTP id z4mr10985637par.156.1470997997074; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 03:33:17 -0700 (PDT) Sender: robomod@news.nic.it Organization: Debian User-Agent: Notmuch/0.22 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/14092 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/87y4426zvd.fsf@prune.linuxpenguins.xyz Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 17 X-Original-Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 20:33:10 +1000 X-Original-Message-ID: <87y4426zvd.fsf@prune.linuxpenguins.xyz> X-Original-References: <20160809192733.pfsnzejxlmd3knbe@p1otr.com> <356e3407-7970-5c4f-f963-60664898548a@debian.org> <20160809225020.GA30494@fama> <87fuqccv6p.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> <20160810205146.GB15321@home.ouaza.com> X-Original-Sender: Brian May Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:8751 Raphael Hertzog writes: > Anyway, +1 from me to switch to git-buildpackage and in fact among the > python-django maintainers we are close to decide to switch back to > git-buildpackage because it's really horrible to use when you want to > merge across branches of different releases. Have people here seen the following thread on debian-devel? Subject: "[ANNOUNCE] git-series: track changes to a patch series over time" Might be worth looking at this thread, even if the conclusion is that this is not a good solution (actually I don't really understand it and haven't time to understand it). -- Brian May