DEP-18: A proposal for Git-based collaboration in Debian

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Post by ottoke » Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 6:19 PM UTC

DEP-18: A proposal for Git-based collaboration in Debian
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Re: DEP-18: A proposal for Git-based collaboration in Debian

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Post by ottoke » Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 6:19 PM UTC

Git 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.

Re: DEP-18: A proposal for Git-based collaboration in Debian

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Post by thesuperbigfrog » Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 8:39 PM UTC

ottoke wrote: post #2

Git 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 towa…

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.

Re: DEP-18: A proposal for Git-based collaboration in Debian

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Post by ottoke » Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 8:57 PM UTC

thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #3

ottoke wrote: post #2

Git 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 towa…

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…

Thanks!