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| From | Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.devel, linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Re: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released |
| Date | 2018-04-11 15:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <vDnPk-5Ja-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 10:58:53AM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote:
> >
> > Imho Sean's last mail sums it up pretty well
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515856#94
>
> I have read this, but it does not convince me. My rule to get the
> upstream packagage was always: use uscan, if d/watch exists, otherwise
> use get-orig-source. Sounds pretty simple and straigt-forward. If it
> fails, I had a starting point where to debug (usually just a missing
> dep). I see no reaso why this should be given up.
I agree with Ole. While I took over some ideas from this thread how to
get rid of some get-orig-source targets by using mode=git I think it
makes perfectly sense to define a target name that should be used in
case uscan can not be used exclusively to fetch upstream source. I can
not see in how far definition of the target name will harm - but from
the point of team maintenance it helps to know where to look first to
download a new upstream version.
BTW, I have standardized all my packages to
get-orig-source:
. debian/get-orig-source
In other words: I'm fine with removing the target in rules and replace
it by:
If there are reasons why uscan can not fetch the upstream source it
is recommended to provide a script debian/get-orig-source .
If we do not provide *code* to get the upstream source and just settle
to some (however vague) description in d/README.source random package
developers who might work on a package will end up with different
results. This should not be the outcome of a policy change.
Kind regards
Andreas.
--
http://fam-tille.de
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Re: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2018-04-07 08:10 +0200
Re: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> - 2018-04-07 09:10 +0200
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Re: Bug#515856: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2018-04-12 08:30 +0200
Re: Bug#515856: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2018-04-12 18:50 +0200
Re: Bug#515856: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2018-04-12 20:10 +0200
Re: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2018-04-07 13:50 +0200
Re: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2018-04-07 15:10 +0200
Re: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2018-04-08 01:30 +0200
Re: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2018-04-08 11:20 +0200
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