git repository for collaboration

[Benda Xu]

Hi KatolaZ,

KatolaZ <me at katolaz.homeunix.net> writes:

> thanks a lot. Devuan has a separate git repo for sysvinit, but it
> would be probably better/easier for everybody to use
> salsa.debian.org/debian/sysvinit for this effort. I have created a
> guest account on salsa (KatolaZ). Are we going to use pull-requests?
> Are we going to open requests for single quilt patches? 

I have granted you the "Developer" role to that repository, so that you
can directly push to it.[1]

> I admit I don't know the details of the latest git-related Debian
> workflow.

According to Ian,

  http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/debian-init-diversity/2018-October/000022.html

`gbp pq` is a good candidate workflow.  And if most of the real
maintainers prefer git-debrebase, we should use that.[2]

> I have also contacted Jesse Smith (the current upstream developer and
> maintainer) and he confirms that most (if not all) of the Debian
> patches have been merged in the newer upstream versions. Also, some of
> the recent development work has fixed several issues, including some
> of the bugs on the BTS. So it looks like we could probably try to
> build a 2.91 for experimental, and see how many of the open bugs
> remain outstanding there? 

That's a great idea.

> Also, Jesse seems very happy to help on this stuff.

Very nice to hear.

Yours,
Benda


1. https://salsa.debian.org/help/user/permissions.md
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iov10lD7tcg
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