Re: debian/watch: uupdate or orig-tar.sh?

[Torsten Werner <twerner@debian.org>]

Hi Emmanuel,

Am 27.03.13 10:34, schrieb Emmanuel Bourg:
> I'm reviewing the watch files for the Apache Commons packages and I
> noticed two styles, one using uupdate and the other calling the
> debian/orig-tar.sh script.
...
> What is the recommended practice?

I recommend orig-tar.sh because I've invented the name but probably not 
the underlying idea. Uupdate is from the old age where version control 
systems have not been used for Debian packages and BSD folks told us 
that CVS is the perfect technology for that. ;-)

Cheers,
Torsten