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From: Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
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Subject: Re: git-dpm (was Re: Bug#729956: Forwarded upstream)
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:50:02 +0200
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On September 6, 2017 5:16:13 PM EDT, Yuri D'Elia <wavexx@thregr=2Eorg> wro=
te:
>On Wed, Sep 06 2017, Andreas Tille wrote:
>>> But just to confirm, I see that statsmodels is just using
>>> git-buildpackage?
>>
>> Yes=2E
>
>Ok, that's reassuring=2E I'll have a look at the packaging, since I'm
>already on alioth=2E
>
>But since DPMT is CC-ed (I normally follow via gmane), I take the
>occasion to say that I _really_ _REALLY_ wished the recommendation on
>git-dpm to be reconsidered, or at least relaxed=2E
>
>For a newcomer, git-dpm is overkill and underdocumented=2E
>>From an outsider, making a Debian package already looks daunting=2E
>git-dpm does not help=2E
>
>On the other hand, git-buildpackage is a relatively smooth progression
>from quilt, and it does provide some added convenience=2E

Conveniently, we already decided to switch:

https://wiki=2Edebian=2Eorg/Python/GitPackagingPQ

Scott K