Re: how to combine two clones in a collection

From: martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
Date: Jul 10, 2007, 07:40 UTC
Message-ID: <20070710074013.GA457@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
In-Reply-To: <7v3azwsp6a.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

also sprach Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> [2007.07.10.0917 +0200]:

> For the former kind, It is unavoidable for people to get your
> (slightly modified) upstream source from you --- there is
> nowhere else that stores what you changed.

This is pretty similar to a method developed by Manoj Srivastava adn described here: http://arch.debian.org/arch/private/srivasta/ and it's very promising, albeit a little complex for newcomers, in my experience. As linked previously, I presented a similar workflow with git[0] at DebConf7[1].

0. http://albatross.madduck.net/pipermail/vcs-pkg/2007-June/000001.html
1. https://penta.debconf.org/~joerg/events/53.en.html

I actually knew the answers to my questions, I guess, but I was way too confused to get the picture straight. Thanks to both of you for your time in helping me understand.

I shall spend some time experimenting and will then blog about my experience of converting the various types of Debian source packages to the suggested style of maintenance. I shall post the URL to this thread too.

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