From fa84787995ac36ca7e6456798439126ee1e4499a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Vernon Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:17:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] README.source added to explain packaging workflow --- debian/README.source | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/README.source diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source new file mode 100644 index 0000000..193dde4 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The Debian packaging of pcre2 is maintained in git, using the merging +workflow described in dgit-maint-merge(7). There isn't a patch +queue that can be represented as a quilt series. + +A detailed breakdown of the changes is available from their +canonical representation - git commits in the packaging repository. +For example, to see the changes made by the Debian maintainer in +the first upload of upstream version 1.2.3, you could use: + + % git clone https://git.dgit.debian.org/pcre2 + % cd pcre2 + % git log --oneline 1.2.3..debian/1.2.3-1 -- . ':!debian' + +(If you have dgit, use `dgit clone pcre2`, rather than plain `git +clone`.) + + -- Matthew Vernon , Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:16:33 +0000 -- 2.30.2