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Message #00035
Re: [DebianGIS] Two weeks to get QGIS into the next Ubuntu 9.04 release
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To:
Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter@xxxxxxxxx>
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From:
"Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Date:
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:30:34 +0100
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Cc:
qgis-developer <qgis-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, hamish_b@xxxxxxxxx, Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@xxxxxxxxxx>, cavallini@xxxxxxxxxxx, DebianGIS <pkg-grass-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@xxxxxxxxxx>, ubuntugis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter@xxxxxxxxx>, hamish_b@xxxxxxxxx, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@xxxxxxxxxx>, ubuntugis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@xxxxxxxxxx>, cavallini@xxxxxxxxxxx, DebianGIS <pkg-grass-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, qgis-developer <qgis-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 06:36:56AM +1100, Cameron Shorter wrote:
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>> Independent of that, I would guess that DebianGIS wants to maintain its
>> own repo for branches, non-ubuntu tweaks, etc. But perhaps the core could
>> be linked/imported from the QGIS repo with a SVN external link*, and then
>> minorly patched in the DebianGIS repo, as required?
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Unfortunately merging using svn is not a great idea, that's not git
or mercurial. I basically see not great advantage in respect with
lurking external repos from time to time to check for interesting
changes. BTW, the true problem is finding a maintainer who is able to
and would take responsability at long term, not repository location.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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