Infra: dgit-infrastructure has, and uses, its own copies of the perl modules

[dgit.git] / debian / changelog

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e38f83dff11cd0ef4afb521fa8f02c6f9994c0bb..4992ddee888adfde674b43ccd75d500d2b83e8d9 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,11 +6,18 @@ dgit (1.5~~) unstable; urgency=medium
     possible to override dgit's -A by passing another option.  But this
     has been changed recently and now this default setting is very awkward
     to change for the dgit user.
     possible to override dgit's -A by passing another option.  But this
     has been changed recently and now this default setting is very awkward
     to change for the dgit user.

+  * Make --quilt=gbp the default for dgit gbp-build.  See below.
+  * New tag format (for dgit view) archive/debian/VERSION.
+
+  Major new feature:
+  * --quilt=gbp, --quilt=dpm, --quilt=unpacked: Introduce facility for
+    split view (dgit/mainiainer view), to improve compatibility with some
+    other workflow tools.

 
   New checks and improved behaviours:
   * When running dpkg-buildpackage, cope if user specified -g or -G.
   * dgit sbuild: check that the set of .changes files found is as we
 
   New checks and improved behaviours:
   * When running dpkg-buildpackage, cope if user specified -g or -G.
   * dgit sbuild: check that the set of .changes files found is as we

-    expect, before calling mergechanges.
+    expect, before calling mergechanges.  Re:#800060.

   * dgit sbuild: Rename the used-up .changes files to `.inmulti' to
     avoid accidental use of the wrong one (by software, or by users).
   * dgit sbuild: Check that the binary .changes file doesn't contain a
   * dgit sbuild: Rename the used-up .changes files to `.inmulti' to
     avoid accidental use of the wrong one (by software, or by users).
   * dgit sbuild: Check that the binary .changes file doesn't contain a


@@ -19,12 +26,47 @@ dgit (1.5~~) unstable; urgency=medium
   * Remove any pre-existing _source.changes file before building source,
     as a safety check.
   * No longer tolerate a multitude of .changes files when doing push.
   * Remove any pre-existing _source.changes file before building source,
     as a safety check.
   * No longer tolerate a multitude of .changes files when doing push.

-    Instead, insist on a single one.
+    Instead, insist on a single one.  Closes:#800110.

   * dgit sbuild no longer deletes extranious .changes files; instead
     we rely on --rm-old-changes, or failing that, fail early.
   * dgit sbuild no longer deletes extranious .changes files; instead
     we rely on --rm-old-changes, or failing that, fail early.

+  * When doing quilt linearisation, treat upstream .gitignores not
+    in the toplevel the same way we treat ones in the toplevel.
+  * When automatically generating quilt patch, honour GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
+    for filename creation (makes filename deterministic in test suite).
+  * New --overwrite option, replaces need to for user to use
+    git merge -s ours.  Closes:#838718.
+  * When generating quilt patches from git commits, make patches that
+    look quite like git-format-patch output (rather than strange things
+    based on an obselete interpretation of DEP-3).
+  * When generating quilt patches from git commits, honour (and strip)
+    any Gbp-Pq headers (that we understand).
+  * Several dgit-generated commits now have slightly better annotations
+    from dgit about what it was doing.
+  * Before committing to push, check that .dsc and .changes correspond.
+    Closes:#800060.
+  * Better error message if non-split-brain patch stack no longer
+    applies (due to new upstream version, or user messing with it).
+    Closes:#833025.
+  * Better error message if HEAD contains changes unrepresentable
+    by `3.0 (quilt)'.  Closes:#834618.
+  * Much better error message when HEAD and .dsc do not match.
+    Closes:#809516.
+
+  Infrastructure:
+  * Better error handling in dgit-repos-policy-debian.
+  * dgit-repos-policy-debian.: fix git-cat-file-handling with multiple
+    taints in db (!).
+  * dgit-infrastructure has, and uses, its own copies of the perl modules.
+    This avoids introducing a versioned dependency between dgit and
+    dgit-infrastructure (and also makes it easier to test cross-version
+    compatibility).

 
   Documentation:
   * Document the dgit-distro.DISTRO.quilt-mode config setting.
 
   Documentation:
   * Document the dgit-distro.DISTRO.quilt-mode config setting.

+  * Clarify the --clean= options' documentation.  Closes:#800054.
+  * Discourage use of the --PROGRAM:OPTION escape hatch.  (Apropos
+    of various bug reports including #800060 and #833025.)
+  * Document the expected form of HEAD for each --quilt= mode.

 
   Bugfixes:
   * When cleaning up after failed clone, stat the to-be-cleaned-up
 
   Bugfixes:
   * When cleaning up after failed clone, stat the to-be-cleaned-up


@@ -37,6 +79,25 @@ dgit (1.5~~) unstable; urgency=medium
     messages.  Closes:#800078.
   * Pass --ch:* and -v options to dpkg-buildpackage when building
     source.  Fixes bad Perl poetry syntax.  Closes:#829121.
     messages.  Closes:#800078.
   * Pass --ch:* and -v options to dpkg-buildpackage when building
     source.  Fixes bad Perl poetry syntax.  Closes:#829121.

+  * When synthesing a commit from a .dsc from the archive, stop
+    internal git reset from printing a confusing message about HEAD.
+  * Turn off git gc in the private working areas.
+  * Do not fail to do some important quilt processing in some
+    --quilt modes.
+  * Fix two calls to chdir without proper error checking.
+  * Fix a couple of bugs in error reporting.
+  * Fix several bugs in .orig detection/recognition.
+  * Tidy up refs/dgit-fetch/ after dgit fetch (if successful).
+  * Fix handling of in-archive copies.
+  * Don't break if user has push.followTags=true.  Closes:#827878.
+  * Arrange for the special dgit remote to be skipped by git fetch --all
+    etc.  And no longer configure a fetch spec, since it won't work
+    anyway.  Closes:#827892.
+  * Allow local git config options to override user-global ones,
+    as is proper.  Closes:#835858.
+  * When generating patch filenames from titles, first transliterate
+    them (lossily) to ascii.  Closes:#834807.
+  * Add debhelper (>=8) to test suite's global Depends.

 
   Test suite:
   * When sbuild fails, do not crash due to sed not finding the log
 
   Test suite:
   * When sbuild fails, do not crash due to sed not finding the log


@@ -47,12 +108,16 @@ dgit (1.5~~) unstable; urgency=medium
     explicitly in drs-push-rejects test.  This avoids date dependencies
     which can cause that test to fail on fast computers.
   * Remove some spurios .debs from the example_1.0.tar.
     explicitly in drs-push-rejects test.  This avoids date dependencies
     which can cause that test to fail on fast computers.
   * Remove some spurios .debs from the example_1.0.tar.

-  * Increase sqlite_busy_timeout in debpolicy-dbretry, because
+  * Increase sqlite_busy_timeout in debpolicy-dbretry, because old

     zealot is very slow and we need to give the other processes time
     to rollback and release the lock.
   * Test quilt single-debian-patch.
   * Provide `tartree-edit gitfetchinfo' etc. to help with comparing
     different test case git working tree tarballs.
     zealot is very slow and we need to give the other processes time
     to rollback and release the lock.
   * Test quilt single-debian-patch.
   * Provide `tartree-edit gitfetchinfo' etc. to help with comparing
     different test case git working tree tarballs.

+  * Test dgit-repos-policy-debian with multiple (identical, as it happens)
+    existing taints.
+  * Provide better log output for certain failures.
+  * Many new tests (especially for new functionality).

 
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