Re: Regarding: Debian: packaging updates.

Hi,

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

I notice that there are files like "git-core.files". Wouldn't it be better 
to generate them from the Makefile? The same mechanism could then be used 
to make RPMs from the same Makefile.

I'm currently in the process of working my way through the current 
packaging, and there is quite a lot I am going to simplify. As the 
Debian build scripts do not expect this file to be autogenerated, I 
think it would be counterproductive to do so; it can seriously affect 
reproducability of builds.

(actually, I would like to ask not to fix things in the Debian packaging 
that aren't broken, as providing an upgrade path for earlier versions 
will be a lot less painful then)

    Simon