From 3000d08724aee98d9bd6da5ffd053093bf8866cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 18:54:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] wip --- notes | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+) create mode 100644 notes diff --git a/notes b/notes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8962089 --- /dev/null +++ b/notes @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +PITCH + +[manpage] + +uniform operation + +interacts with archive, not just with out-of-archive git trees + +NMUer, derivatives + clone any package, work on it, and upload, all in git + no need to know maintainer's workflow + +for maintainer + any fast forwarding patches-applied git workflow + full upstream git history in our git history + +demo + + +PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION + + data model + + .dsc contains git hash + + git hash specifies a commit whose tree is identical to the + results of dpkg-source -x + + actual git data obtained from git server via git protool, not + from the archive + + fetch + + 1. get .dsc information from archive + 2. get previous dgit git history from git server + 3. if necessary, synthesise a commit to represent non-dgit upload + + push + + user has done build already (need for this may go away with + source-only uploads) + + 1. if `3.0 (quilt)', dpkg-source commit + 2. fetch and check for ff-ness + 3. check .dsc from build corresponds to git tree + 4. insert git commit hash into .dsc, sign everything, + git push, dput + +QUILTY WORKFLOW + +NON-FAST-FORWARDING ( not well support + + +ACCESS PROBLEMS + + works well for DDs + works badly for everyone else :-/ + serious problem, needs escalating + + access limitations + + ssh cocca psql -c SELECT BLAH + + ftpmaster have a plan to help with this but has not been implemented + + alioth collab-maint + + push by signed tag + + need to abandon alioth because of collab-maint security issues + + -- 2.30.2