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[Stefano Rivera <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can well understand that most seasoned Ubuntu Developers are avoiding
UDD. I tend to avoid it (mostly for bandwidth reasons), but the new
users seem to be using it. Looking at the sponsorship queue, 3/4 of the
requests right now are UDD merge proposals. And the current
documentation isn't UDD-oriented.

So either people are wanting to learn the most future-proof methods, or
they prefer to use VCSs. New ubuntu developers have mostly heard that
they can do packaging in bzr, and they want to learn that first. I don't
discourage it unless they are working with quilt.

> Except right now UDD is the advanced feature that's not suitable for
new users.

I agree that UDD has some major issues (particularly: out of date
branches, quilt), but it may be too late, we could have already lost
this one.

Obviously these docs do need to include non-UDD workflows too, but I'd
be hesitant to move UDD to an appendix.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792381

Title:
  Not really an "Ubuntu Packaging Guide"

Status in Ubuntu Packaging Guide:
  New

Bug description:
  This guide only covers UDD, not the tools and processes that (I
  believe) most Ubuntu developers use.  It should either reflect the
  mature and reliable toolset that is normallly used or be renamed to
  make it clear this is not a general packaging guide.

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