Re: Moving off of git-dpm (Re: git-dpm breakage src:faker)
On Feb 10 2017, Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> wrote:
> On February 9, 2017 8:29:32 PM PST, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> wrote:
>>On Feb 10 2017, Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> wrote:
>>>>No. You are confusing dgit with one particular way to use it. You can
>>>>use dgit with the maint-merge workflow mentioned above, you can use
>>>>dgit
>>>>with git-dpm, and you can use dgit with gbp.
>>>
>>> OK. So then I gather it's effectively a layer on top of 'normal'
>>> things like gbp-pq or git-dpm? What added value would it provide?
>>
>>Among other things, it enables users to run 'dgit clone', and get an
>>up-to-date, patches-applied copy of the most recent source package.
>
> How is that different/better than debcheckout?
It works all the time. debcheckout does not guarantee you the newest
version (VCS may lag behind Debian archive), nor does it guarantee a
patches applied, complete package (you might end up with just debian/,
patches-unapplied, or even weirder things).
Best,
-Nikolaus
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