DEP-18: A proposal for Git-based collaboration in Debian
optimizedbyotto.comGit is the industry standard for software development, but I thasn’t been fully adopted in Debian packaging yet. Debian development is still based on uploading tarballs via FTP.
I believe that git-based workflows could enhance collaboration, transparency, and productivity for one of the world’s most vital open source projects. Increasing the use of salsa.debian.org, Debian's GitLab instance, would be a good step towards collaborative git usage.
Hello Otto,
Thank you for creating DEP-18 and pushing it forward.
As an aspiring Debian developer, learning the Debian packaging tools and procedures has been a challenge.
There are many different packaging tools and they work quite differently from other command line tools I use for software development on Linux.
DEP-18 will help to bring Debian's procedures closer to what the industry follows and lower the barriers for new contributors. I hope it gets adopted.
Thanks!