Re: Simpler git workflow for packaging with upstreamless repositories
On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 09:25:12PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:
> > CI for a new-upstream-release commit you've pushed but haven't uploaded
> > to the Debian archive yet, because you're waiting for CI.
> >
> > pristine-tar certainly isn't the only way here (it's true that CI could
> > in principle fetch it directly from upstream), but I find it much easier
> > than the alternatives.
>
> I often wait for CI before making an upload of a new upstream release,
> even without pristine-tar, and Salsa CI hasn't had trouble automatically
> finding a orig.tar.gz to work with for me. So maybe there is some
> additional assumption for your situation?
Maybe it runs uscan or something in that case; I confess I haven't
checked. Still, as long as it's building source packages as part of the
process, conceptually I prefer it having all the information in the
repository rather than having to go out to an upstream site that might
be unreliable.
--
Colin Watson (he/him) [cjwatson@debian.org]
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