• Re: patches-applied and patches-unapplied, dgit and source packages (wa

    From Marc Haber@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 29 10:00:01 2025
    XPost: linux.debian.devel.mentors

    On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 09:52:38AM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
    A, indeed. Otoh the dgit-people feel a source package should be treated as an >intermediate build artifact; not something to be consumed by humans.

    But if you decide not to use dgit you're back to source packages. It
    might be unnecessary to know in five years, in 2025 it is still a
    must-know and must-not-be-confused.

    Greetings
    Marc

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  • From Joost van =?utf-8?Q?Baal-Ili=C4=87?@21:1/5 to Marc Haber on Thu May 29 10:40:01 2025
    XPost: linux.debian.devel.mentors

    On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 09:54:37AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
    On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 09:52:38AM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
    A, indeed. Otoh the dgit-people feel a source package should be treated as an
    intermediate build artifact; not something to be consumed by humans.

    But if you decide not to use dgit you're back to source packages. It might
    be unnecessary to know in five years, in 2025 it is still a must-know and must-not-be-confused.

    Unfortunately you're right... :)

    Joost

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